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Cardinal Moran
He acted as translator, interpreter and guide for both metropolitan and overseas Irish: in 1859 he helped Archdeacon McEncroe to prepare the colonial Irish clergy's case against Archbishop Polding of Sydney. In 1857 Moran was appointed professor of Hebrew in the Propaganda College, where he also taught Scripture. -
Archbishop Mannix;
On 1 July 1912, Mannix was consecrated titular Bishop of Pharsalia and coadjutor bishop to Archbishop Carr of Melbourne at Maynooth College Chapel. ... Melbourne was one of the large centres of Irish emigration, where the Roman Catholic Church was almost entirely Irish. -
Bob Santamaria
In 1941, Santamaria founded the Catholic Social Studies Movement, generally known simply as "the Movement" or Groupers, which recruited Catholic activists to oppose the spread of communism, particularly in the trade unions. -
Cardinal Gilroy
Gilroy was created a cardinal on 18 February 1946, and was assigned the title of becoming cardinal-priest of Santi Quattro Coronati, becoming the first Australian-born member of the College of Cardinals.