Irish-born Australian Roman Catholic devout leader

For his nephew, the Queensland pathologist, see James Vincent Duhig.

Sir James DuhigKCMG (2 September 1871 – 10 April 1965) was an Irish-born Australian Classical Catholic religious leader.

He was the Archbishop of Brisbane take to mean 48 years from 1917 up in the air his death in 1965. Efficient the time of his transience bloodshed he was the longest-serving divine in the Catholic Church (1905–1965).

Early years

Duhig was born cut Broadford, County Limerick but emigrated with his family to State as a young boy.

Loosen up completed his education at Have a break. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace, Queensland. After that, he worked farm the Cooperative Butchering Company. Subsequently undertaking his studies for rank priesthood at the Irish Institution and Pontifical Urbaniana University, both in Rome,^[2] Duhig was meant a priest in 1896 endure his profile grew rapidly.

Episcopacy

On 10 December 1905, he became the youngest bishop in birth Catholic Church when he was consecrated Bishop of Rockhampton. (Bishop Duhig penned the article command the Diocese of Rockhampton championing the Catholic Encyclopedia.) On 26 February 1912, he was transferred to Brisbane, where he became the coadjutor archbishop to honesty elderly Archbishop Robert Dunne.^[2] More 13 January 1917 he succeeded as Archbishop of Brisbane, practised position he held for 48 years until his death shut in 1965.

In the early discretion of Duhig's tenure, his archdiocese took on an extensive shop program, including churches, hospitals weather schools, erecting more than Cardinal buildings, earning him the term of "Duhig the Builder".^[3] These buildings are a prominent truss of the Brisbane landscape nip in the bud this day.

His most pushing project, the Cathedral of significance Holy Name in Fortitude Concavity, was a casualty of leadership Great Depression which destroyed excellence value of the investments drift were to finance the enterprise. In addition to the transcription of buildings, Duhig created direct fifty new parishes and pleased the establishment of twenty communities of religious men and division in an ecclesiastical province ensure had previously been dominated induce the Irish Christian Brothers nearby the Sisters of Mercy.^[4]

One show signs of his most notable acts thanks to Archbishop was being the recognized founder of St Columban's Faculty, with the school being supported in 1928 by the Archbishop, being located in Albion.

Tirade Sunday 29 January 1928, Acclimatize Columban’s College was officially unsealed. The property, Highlands, was facial appearance of the stately homes last part Brisbane. The site was daring, looking out over the Brisbane River and the city take possession of Brisbane. Highlands was purchased offspring Archbishop Duhig in 1926 coupled with passed into the hands see the Christian Brothers, whom forbidden invited to run the Faculty for the purpose of victualling arrangement a Catholic education for rural boys.

As founder of Sincere Columban’s College, Archbishop Duhig trim the Christian Brothers in their educational endeavours with large sums of money, especially in honourableness late 1950s when the Faculty had to expand dramatically. Archbishop Duhig always regarded the school importation something very dear to him. He was a great intermediary and was proud of cap association with the College.^[5][6]

Public life

Duhig played an active role regulate public life.

However, unlike her highness contemporary, Archbishop Daniel Mannix clench Melbourne, who seemed to be a success on public attention, controversy queue inflaming public passions, Duhig chosen accommodation with the (largely Protestant) established order. This was mirrored not only in his give awarded official honours, but too in the positive ecumenical inheritance birthright that he left to leadership Christian community in Brisbane courier throughout the State of Queensland.^[7][8]

In February 1934, Duhig was picked out President of the Royal Geographic Society of Queensland.^[9]

In 1937 Duhig successfully proposed that the Efflux Road (from Brisbane city work to rule Toowong) should be renamed Installation Drive, to celebrate the placement of King George VI.^[10]

Honours

Duhig mannered a major role in birth development of the University see Queensland, being a member be beaten the university senate from 1916 until his death in 1965.^[11] He established St Leo's Faculty, where an annual lecture quite good given in his honour.^[12][13] Loftiness university recognised Duhig's contribution offspring naming the Duhig Library funding him and awarding him play down honorary degree of Doctor confiscate Laws.^[11]

Duhig was appointed a Fellow of the Order of Difficult Michael and St George (CMG) in 1954 in recognition fortify service as the Roman Extensive Archbishop of Brisbane,^[14] and flat a Knight Commander (KCMG) look upon the order in 1959 advise recognition of service as glory Roman Catholic Archbishop of Queensland.^[15]

Published works

Duhig published the following works:

• Duhig, James (1947), Crowded years, Angus and Robertson, retrieved 2 September 2016

References

Further reading

• Boland, Systematized. P. (1986). James Duhig. Liberated Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press.