OBITUARY.
ARCHBISHOP MURPHY.
HOBART» December 3tt. Archbishop Murphy, the Roman Catfiofie Bishop of Tasmania, is deadj aged 93> years. ■ ■
, The JMbst Rev. ~ Daniel Murphy, D.D;, ArchbwQop of Hobart cmc« 188?, was th'a oldest Roman 1 OatboKc prelats Ei the worldl He was born at Belin.on.fc Cfetmty CbrKr Ireland,. on June' 18; ISls ..fWarfcerlqp • Dayfi He waa ordained -priest In 1-82^ and accompanied Bishop Caxew to , M?wiras ill . 1845*, He TV as consecrated BiebQp of Hyderabad w. IB^3. Durinff the he obtained; [ several stands of a*mr froß* tne "Nizam tos the boys of <h« Ca^halfo Colteg&, who 'werei ' drilled in expectation. ,o£ a- .mi^iny in the .State. ■In IS&S 'ha was appointed Bishopr of- Bbbart, arrivinK m 1866. In 186$,^ancl again in 1892,1 he vmted Roma, fie was created first Archbishop of Hoßarii in 1888^ the golden jubilee, of his. priesthood, 'and! was invested with the pallium T>y Cardinal Moran in 1889.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2808, 8 January 1908, Page 28
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