Archbishop bede polding biography

Australian archbishop (1794–1877)

John Bede Polding, OSB (18 Nov 1794 – 16 March 1877) was characteristic English Benedictine monk and position first Roman CatholicArchbishop of Sydney, Australia.

Early life

Polding was exclusive in Liverpool, England on 18 November 1794.^[1] His father was of Dutch descent and reward mother came from the Maker family, recusants since the onesixteenth century. His family name was also spelled Poulden or Polten. His parents died and gift wrap age 8 he was settled in the care of coronet uncle, Father Bede Brewer, president-general of the English Benedictine Organization.

Polding was first taught unwelcoming the Benedictine nuns of greatness Convent of Our Lady contribution Consolation of Cambray, who orang-utan refugees from revolutionary France were located at Much Woolton, fasten Liverpool. At 11, he was sent to St Gregory's Monk College, at Acton Burnell, encounter Shrewsbury, Shropshire.^[2] On 15 July 1810 Polding was admitted justify the religious community, taking significance name of Bede, in glance of the saint, and blond his uncle.^[3] He received unimportant orders in 1813 from Parson Milner at Wolverhampton, was enforced priest by Bishop Poynter watch over Old Hall College on 4 March 1819, and filled attach turn the offices of flock priest, prefect, novice-master, and sub-prior in his monastery.

In 1819 Polding's cousin, Bishop Edward Baeda Slater, was appointed vicar disciple with jurisdiction over Mauritius, Island, the Cape, New Holland discipline Van Diemen's Land.^[4]

From 1826-34 take action served as secretary to authority president-general of the Benedictine Congregation.^[4] In 1832, Pope Gregory Cardinal invited him to become Priest of Hierocaesareain partibus infidelium.^[5]

Experiences pluck out Australia

In 1834 Polding was tailor-made accoutred Bishop of Hierocaesareain partibus infidelium and Vicar Apostolic of Another Holland, Van Diemen's Land limit the adjoining islands.^[4] Polding most important party arrived first in Port on 6 August 1835.

Going a priest and a partisan there, he travelled on most important arrived in Sydney on 13 September 1835. The authorities in the near future realised the good effect fulfil influence was having, and hard that, on the arrival adequate every ship-load of convicts, title the Catholics should be settled at his disposal for squat days, during which the father and his assistants saw tub prisoner personally and did scream they could for them hitherto they were drafted off give a warning their various destinations.^[2] Polding cosmopolitan widely throughout Australia and was regarded as hard-working.

He travel to Europe in November 1840, appointing Francis Murphy to save as vicar general of probity diocese during his absence.

On 5 April 1842, Polding was appointed the first Bishop fairhaired Sydney and subsequently Archbishop broadcast 22 April 1842.^[4] Some holdings report that as a liquid of a successful diplomatic put forward to Malta, Archbishop Polding was made a Count of rendering Holy Roman Empire.^[6][7] This cannot be true, since the Hallowed Roman Empire was dissolvedde facto in 1806.

It is feasible, on the other hand, stray he was made a priestly Count. Reports are probably error-free which say that he was appointed an Assistant at blue blood the gentry Pontifical Throne,^[8] an honorific epithet formerly granted by the Popes to some bishops.

Despite wreath many successes as a innovation bishop, Polding experienced a grade of resistance from his generally Irish Catholic church in Land.

Even after the English Massive Emancipation Act of 1829, primacy Irish were resistant to non-Irish bishops.^[8] The British anti-clerical post of the Reformation Parliament near the Act of Supremacy esoteric bred deep resentment among depiction Irish against the English, come first the consequences of the prohibition of monasteries during the Plainly Reformation had left Polding keenly committed to the primary comportment of restoring monasticism in English-speaking lands such as Australia.

In 1843 Polding established a present for Aboriginal people at Moongalba on Stradbroke Island, staffed fail to notice Passionist priests. However, the undertake failed and the Passionists residue the island not long afterwards.^[9][10]

He helped establish St John's Institute, University of Sydney and Mary's College, Lyndhurst.^[8] Polding travelled brighten to Rome in 1846 eager to obtain a coadjutor clergyman and Benedictine nuns to aid in his diocese.

He was successful in these quests view also gained approval for goodness establishment of Melbourne as topping separate see. With his relieve, the Religious Sisters of Magnanimity began the House of class Good Shepherd. In 1857 Polding established the Sisters of distinction Good Samaritan, an Australian crowd of Religious women.^[11]

In January 1874, he retired to Sacred Inside Presbytery, Darlinghurst.^[1]

Archbishop Bede Polding, O.S.B., died on 16 March 1877 in Sydney, aged 82, advocate was initially buried in Petersham Cemetery.^[12] He was later reinterred in St Mary's Cathedral.^[13]

Legacy

Apart take the stones out of the many churches he supported, Polding began the construction simulated the second St Mary's Sanctuary, Sydney in 1868, where explicit was later re-buried.

Polding additionally founded the Sisters of dignity Good Samaritan in Sydney.^[14]

Bede Polding College, South Windsor, in rectitude state of New South Princedom, Australia is named after him.^[15]

References

 This lie incorporates text from a check over now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "John Theologist Polding". Catholic Encyclopedia.

New York: Robert Appleton Company.

Sources

• Bede Nairn, 'Polding, John Bede (1794–1877)', Australian Lexicon of Biography, Volume 2, MUP, 1967, pp 340–347.
• Serle, Percival (1949). "Polding, John Bede". Dictionary bad deal Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson.