Bob Leamy

Bob Leamy SM
Bishop of Rarotonga
Diocese	Rarotonga
Installed	1 April 1984
Term ended	8 November 1996
Predecessor	Denis Browne
Successor	Stuart O'Connell
Personal details
Born	Robin Walsh Leamy (1934-07-27)27 July 1934 Wellington, New Zealand
Died	1 January 2022(2022-01-01) (aged 87) Auckland, New Zealand
Motto	Cum Christo vinculum vestrum renovate (Renew your bond with Christ)

Robin Walsh Leamy SM (27 July 1934 – 1 January 2022) was a New Zealand Roman Catholic prelate.

Biography

Born in Wellington[1] to Cecil and Hazel Leamy, Leamy was one of five children.[2][3] One of his sisters became a nun (Sister Patricia Leamy, Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary).[4] He was educated by the Brigidine Sisters and later by the Marist Fathers at St Patrick's College in Silverstream.[5] He studied for the priesthood at the Marist Seminary in Greenmeadows, and was ordained on 21 July 1958.[1][5]

Leamy served as Bishop of Rarotonga from 1984 to 1996.[1] He resigned from that See on 8 November 1996 and was appointed Bishop Assistant and Vicar general of Auckland on that same day.[5] He retired from that position in 2009 after 14 years' service.[4]

Leamy died in Auckland on 1 January 2022, at the age of 87.[1][6]

References

1. "Bishop Robin Walsh Leamy, S.M. †". 1 January 2022.
2. "Most Rev. Robin Walsh LEAMY". Dominion-Post. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
3. "Tributes pour in for Pacific missionary Bishop Robin Leamy". Pacific Media Network. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
4. "Bishop Bob Leamy releases his autobiography", Society of Mary website, 6 April 2011; retrieved 15 January 2019.
5. "Bishop Assistant – Bishop Robin Leamy". Catholic Diocese of Auckland. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
6. Michael Otto, "Bishop "Bob" was a born Leader", NZ Catholic, 4 February 2002 (Retrieved 6 February 2022)

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Denis Browne	Bishop of Rarotonga 1984–1996	Succeeded by Stuart O'Connell