Cardinal Jimmy Freeman

Title:

Cardinal

First Name:

James

Middle Names:

Darcy

Preferred Name:

Jimmy

Surname:

Freeman

Order:

Date of Birth:

19-Nov-1907

Place of Birth:

Annandale, Sydney NSW

Country of Birth:

Australia

Date of Ordination:

13-Jul-1930

Place of Ordination:

Saint Mary's Cathedral, Sydney NSW

Country of Ordination:

Australia

Ordination Diocese:

Sydney

Seminary:

St Columba's College, Springwood, Australia

St Patrick's College, Manly, Australia

Date of Death:

16-Mar-1991

Place of Death:

Darlinghurst, Sydney NSW

Country of Death:

Australia

Date of Burial:

1991

Place of Burial:

Saint Mary's Cathedral, Sydney NSW

Country of Burial:

Australia

Find A Grave URL:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26954406

Appointments Table

Diocese
Place
Role
Start Day
Start Month
Start Year
End Day
End Month
End Year
Source
Lismore GraftonAug1930ADB
Lismore MurwillumbahMar1932ADB
Sydney StrathfieldADB
Sydney MosmanCurate19351938ADB
Sydney St Mary's Cathedral1938ADB
Sydney SydneyPrivate Secretary to Archbishop GilroyMar1941ADB
Sydney SydneyDirector, Catholic Information Bureau1946ADB
Sydney Haymarket1949ADB
Sydney StanmoreParish Priest19541963ADB
Sydney ConcordParish Priest19631968ADB
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Episcopal Ordinations Table

Diocese
Day
Month
Year
Place
Country
Sydney 24Jan1957
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Biographical Notes

Australian Dictionary of Biography entry: https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/freeman-sir-james-darcy-jimmy-14905

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T.W. Campbell, The Priests of the Diocese of Armidale: A Necrology, Braddon ACT, 2005:
Freeman, James Darcy

Born in Annandale, Sydney on 19 November 1907 he was educated at Rushcutter's Bay Catholic primary school then St Mary's Cathedral Christian Brothers College Sydney. He studied at St Columba's College Springwood, then at St Patrick's College Manly and was ordained in St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney on 13 July 1930 by the then Apostolic Delegate Archbishop Cattaneo. He was then sent on loan to the Lismore diocese where he served as assistant priest at Lismore and Murwillumbah, returning to Sydney in 1932 and appointment as assistant priest Strathfield, then Mosman. In 1938 he was appointed to the cathedral staff. From 1941 to 1946 he was private secretary to Archbishop (later Cardinal) NT Gilroy. Made a Domestic Prelate (Monsignor) in 1949 he became parish priest at Haymarket then Stanmore, and was consecrated on 24 January 1957 as titular bishop of Hermopolis Minor in partibus infidelium and appointed auxiliary bishop to Cardinal Gilroy in January 1957, transferring to Concord parish in 1963. He was appointed as the sixth Bishop of Armidale on 18 October 1968, succeeding E J Doody. On 27 July 1971 he was appointed as Archbishop of Sydney on the retirement of Cardinal Gilroy. He was made a Cardinal on 5 March 1973 and a Knight of the British Empire (KBE) in June 1977. He retired as Archbishop of Sydney in December 1983. He died in St Vincent's hospital, Sydney on 16 March 1991 and was buried in the crypt of St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney.
(Sources: AE 28 Oct 1968 pp 1, 7, CW 12 Dec 1968 p 8, 19 Dec 1968 p 6, 20 Mar 1991 pp 1, 2, 3).

(Reproduced by permission of Tom Campbell.)