Patrick Francis Moran
Patrick Francis Cardinal Moran ( born December 16, 1830 in Leighlinbridge, County Carlow, Ireland; † August 16, 1911 in Sydney) was Archbishop of Sydney.
Life
Moran, related through his mother with the later Cardinal Paul Cullen, studied at the Irish College in Rome theology and received on 19 March 1853 in Rome, the sacrament of Holy Orders. After that, he was until 1856 Vice- Rector and then Rector of the Irish College, where he had studied. In 1866 he was called by Pope Pius IX. appointed Monsignor. After Moran returned as secretary of Cardinal Cullen to Ireland. In 1869, he accompanied him to the First Vatican Council. In the same year he also became a member of the Royal Irish Academy.
In December 1871, he was named Pius IX. Coadjutor of Ossory. He received his episcopal consecration on March 5, 1872 Cardinal Cullen. In 1872, Moran was then Bishop of Ossory. 1884 he was appointed by Pope Leo XIII. Archbishop of Sydney. On July 27, 1885 Leo XIII took. him to the College of Cardinals to a cardinal priest with the titular church of Santa Susanna. In Sydney, he promoted the spiritual and religious life, set up, among other seminaries and a large library. He was also greatly interested in the other Catholic dioceses of Australia and visited many of them. After Leo's death in 1903 he was unable to attend because of the long journey and the conclave met only after the election of Pius X in Rome. In 1905 he was able to inaugurate the buildings of the Saint Mary's Cathedral. Eight years later, Cardinal Moran died at the age of 80 of a heart attack. He is buried in Saint Mary's Cathedral.
Positions
Moran was due to his experiences with religious conflicts in Ireland suspicious of other denominations. In 1901, he refused to attend the inauguration of the Commonwealth, because he saw preferred the Anglican Church.
Works (selection)
- Essays on the Origin, Doctrines, and Discipline of the Early Irish Church ( 1864)
- History of the Catholic Archbishops of Dublin, Since the Reformation (1864 )