Redmond Prendiville

The Most Reverend

Redmond Prendiville
5th Roman Catholic Archbishop
Archbishop Redmond Prendiville
ProvincePerth
DioceseArchdiocese of Perth
Installed24 May 1935[1]
Term ended28 June 1968
PredecessorPatrick Clune
SuccessorLancelot Goody
Orders
Ordination14 June 1925 (Priest)
in St Kieran's College, Kilkenny, Ireland[2]
Consecration22 October 1933 (Bishop)[1]
Personal details
Born
Redmond Garrett Prendiville

(1900-09-11)11 September 1900
Wood, County Kerry, Ireland[2]
Died28 June 1968(1968-06-28) (aged 67)
Perth, Western Australia
BuriedKarrakatta Cemetery. Exhumed 2009 and re-interred Saturday 5 December 2009, 10am in St Mary's Cathedral, Perth
NationalityIrish/Australian
DenominationRoman Catholic Church
OccupationRoman Catholic bishop
ProfessionCleric
Alma materUniversity College Dublin, National University of Ireland
St Peter's College, Wexford
MottoDa anima cetera tolle
(Nothing else matters except for the salvation of souls)[2]

Count Redmond Garrett Prendiville (11 September 1900 – 28 June 1968)[1] a former Australian metropolitan bishop, was the fifth bishop and second Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Perth. In 1933, at the time of his consecration, aged 32, Prendiville was reputedly the youngest-ever Catholic archbishop.[2]

Education

Prendiville began his studies for the priesthood 1918, getting himself expelled from All Hallows College, Dublin, in 1924 for going awol to play football for Kerry in the All-Ireland final.[3] He studied philosophy and history at University College Dublin (B.A., 1922, National University of Ireland), and theology at St Peter's College, Wexford (1921–25).

Career

Selected for the Kerry Gaelic football team in 1924, Mundy, as Redmond was called, played in the 1924 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final and was named 'man of the match'. He was ordained priest at St. Kieran's College, Kilkenny, on 11 June 1925.

He emigrated to Perth in 1925 and was appointed to the cathedral parish of St. Mary's. In 1929, he was appointed administrator of the Cathedral parish.

Archbishop of Perth

On 22 October 1933, after only eight years as a priest, Prendiville was consecrated titular Archbishop of Cypsela and coadjutor Archbishop of Perth. In 1935, he succeeded Archbishop Patrick Clune as fifth bishop and second archbishop of Perth. He was named bishop assistant at the Papal throne and Count of the Holy See in 1958.

Prendiville was also responsible for establishing up St Thomas More College at the University of Western Australia which was officially opened in 1957.

Personal life

He suffered two strokes in 1946 and was frequently admitted to hospital over the ensuing years. He suffered an aortic lesion and died of a cerebrovascular accident on 28 June 1968 at St John of God Hospital, Subiaco; following a requiem Mass at St Mary's Cathedral, he was buried in Karrakatta Cemetery. He was exhumed in 2009 and reinterred in the crypt of St Mary's Cathedral, Perth, on 5 December 2009.

Legacy

Prendiville Catholic College in Ocean Reef Western Australia is named after the Archbishop.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Archbishop Redmond Garrett". The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 20 February 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d Massam, Katharine. "Prendiville, Redmond (1900–1968)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  3. ^ O Muircheartaigh, Mícheál. From Dún Síon to Croke Park. Penguin Ireland. p. 207.

Further reading

  • Winship, John A (2010). Our cathedral: a history of St Mary's Cathedral, Perth, Western Australia (paperback). Perth, Western Australia: Archdiocese of Perth. ISBN 978-1-453-75519-8.
  • Archbishop Redmond Prendiville – obituary – 1900–1968. Record (Perth, W.A.), No. 3352 (4 July 1968)
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by 5th Catholic Archbishop of Perth
1935–1968 		Succeeded by