Edward Bede Clancy
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His Eminence Edward Clancy AC |
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| Cardinal-Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney | |
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| Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney |
| Province | Sydney |
| See | Sydney |
| Appointed | 12 April 1983 |
| Installed | 27 April 1983 |
| Term ended | 26 March 2001 |
| Predecessor | James Darcy Freeman |
| Successor | George Pell |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella |
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| Ordination | 23 July 1949 by Norman Thomas Gilroy |
| Consecration | 19 January 1974 by James Darcy Freeman |
| Created Cardinal | 28 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II |
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| Birth name | Edward Bede Clancy |
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13 December 1923 Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 3 August 2014 (aged 90) Randwick, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto | Fides mundum vincit ("Faith conquers the world") |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
| See | Sydney (emeritus) |
Edward Bede Clancy AC (13 December 1923 – 3 August 2014) was an Australian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal. He was the seventh Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney from 1983 to 2001. He was made Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella in 1988.
Clancy was born in Lithgow, New South Wales, on 13 December 1923. He said that he wanted to be a priest from an early age and pretended to celebrate his first Mass while still a child, to the amusement of his brother and sisters. After completing his studies at Marist Brothers College, Parramatta, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1949, the same year as the future Australian cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy.
In 1953 Clancy earned a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum). Clancy continued his education, eventually earning his doctorate in theology in 1965. He then started as a teacher and later accepting the position of chaplain at the University of Sydney. He also served as the official spokesperson for the archdiocese at this time and became very well known on that basis.
On 19 January 1974, Clancy was consecrated titular Bishop of Árd Carna and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney.
On 24 November 1978, he was appointed Archbishop of Canberra (and Goulburn). In the little over four years that he was Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Clancy was respected by the people of Canberra Goulburn as a very friendly and approachable archbishop who was also very supportive of his people and his priests. He had a great rapport with young people in the archdiocese.
On 12 February 1983 he was appointed Archbishop of Sydney and on 28 June 1988 he was elevated to Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella. He also continued his education career throughout this time, becoming the Chancellor of the Australian Catholic University in 1992.
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