Archbishop William Barry
Title:
Archbishop
First Name:
William
Middle Names:
Preferred Name:
Surname:
Barry
Order:
Date of Birth:
Place of Birth:
Middleton, Co Cork
Country of Birth:
Ireland
Date of Ordination:
Place of Ordination:
Country of Ordination:
Ordination Diocese:
Seminary:
All Hallows College, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland
Date of Death:
Place of Death:
Country of Death:
Australia
Date of Burial:
Place of Burial:
Reinterred 2021: St Mary's Cathedral, Hobart TAS
Country of Burial:
Australia
Find A Grave URL:
Appointments Table
Diocese | Place | Role | Start Day | Start Month | Start Year | End Day | End Month | End Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney | Cathedral | Linane Vol 1 | |||||||
| Sydney | Chatswood | Parish Priest | 1910 | 1919 | Linane Vol 1 | ||||
| Hobart | Hobart | Coadjutor Bishop | 1919 | 1926 | Linane Vol 1 | ||||
| Hobart | Hobart | Archbishop | 1926 | 1929 | Linane Vol 1 |
Biographical Notes
Fr T.J. Linane, From Abel to Zundolovich, Vol. 1, 1979, p 22:
Barry, William, Most Rev., Irish
Home Visitation the Aim of His Episcopate
b. Middleton, Co. Cork 1872; brother of Thomas (d. 1941); ed. Middleton, Fermoy, All Hallows; ord. 1898. Served St. Mary's Cathedral, Syd.; M.C. at Plenary Council 1905; first P.P. Chatswood 1910-19. Consec. for Hobart 1919, as coadjutor to Bishop Patrick Delany; succeeded to See 1926. Eloquent preacher; splendid administrator; preached and practised visitation. 8 new churches, 8 new schools in his brief episcopate. d. 13.6.1929; age 56; buried Hobart Cathedral.
(See Footprints, Vol. 1, No. 3)
Ref.: Planting a Faith in Hobart, by Rev. W.T. Southerwood.