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Patrick Francis Moran was born on the 16th of September 1830 in Leighinbridge, Carlow, Ireland and passed away on the 16 of august 1911 in Manly, NSW; he was the third Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney and was the first cardinal of Australia. Moran studied for priesthood that was first at the minor seminary and then at the major seminary, he was considered so academically smart that he gained his doctorate by acclamation. His studies were only slightly disturbed by the roman revolution of 1848-1849 and he was ordinated priest on 19th of March 1853. By the age of twenty-five he already spoke ten languages both ancient and modern. While Moran was the Irish college he was at the centre of a missionary enterprise with world wide interests. In 1856 he was appointed vice rector, but …show more content…

He was also someone that was determined to have all Catholic children in schools staffed by religious orders. By 1911 there was already more than three quarters of the catholic children in Sydney that were of primary school age were in his system, this followed with a similar basis for the secondary system. Moran authorised the spending of more than 3 million dollars on building churches, schools and institutions and by the 20th anniversary of his arrival he had blessed eighty-eight foundation stones for churches and schools in his diocese. One of Moran’s largest projects was the near-completion of the St Mary’s Cathedral. He had finished the northern end, then built the central section and the cardinals tower and by 1900 he had finished the cathedral debt free. I have chosen two bible passages that would strongly relate to Patrick Francis Moran’s life and his missionary work the first passage is Mark 16:15 “He said to them, go into the world and preach the gospel to all creation” this describes Moran’s life in many ways as his determination to come to Australia and

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