George Patrick Dwyer
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The Most Reverend George Dwyer |
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| Archbishop emeritus of Birmingham | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Birmingham |
| See | Birmingham |
| Appointed | 5 October 1965 |
| Installed | 5 October 1965 |
| Term ended | 1 September 1981 |
| Predecessor | Francis Grimshaw |
| Successor | Maurice Couve de Murville |
| Other posts | Bishop of Leeds (1957–1965) |
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| Ordination | 1 November 1932 |
| Consecration | 19 March 1964 by John Carmel Heenan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 25, 1908 Manchester, England |
| Died | September 17, 1987 (aged 78) Birmingham, England |
| Buried | St Mary's College, Oscott |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Parents | John William Dwyer Jemima Dwyer |
| Alma mater |
English College, Rome Christ's College, Cambridge Pontifical Gregorian University |
| Motto | Spe Gaudentes (Rejoicing in Hope) |
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Styles of George Patrick Dwyer |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Grace |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
| Ordination history of George Dwyer | |
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Priestly ordination
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| Date of ordination | 1 November 1932 |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | John Carmel Heenan (Liverpool) |
| Co-consecrators |
George Beck (Salford) Cyril Restieaux (Plymouth) |
| Date of consecration | 24 September 1957 |
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Bishops consecrated by George Dwyer as principal consecrator
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| Anthony Emery | 4 March 1968 |
| Patrick Leo McCartie | 20 May 1977 |
George Patrick Dwyer (25 September 1908 – 17 September 1987) was an English prelate and the Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham, England. Dwyer served as the sixth Archbishop of Birmingham from 1965 to 1981, succeeding Francis Grimshaw. Before that, Dwyer had served as the sixth Roman Catholic Bishop of Leeds, between 1957 and 1965, being succeeded by William Wheeler.
The son of John William Dwyer, a wholesale egg and potato merchant, and his wife Jemima, and also a cousin of Anthony Burgess, he was educated at St Bede's College, Manchester (1919–26), then at the Venerable English College, Rome after being accepted by the Salford Diocese as a candidate for the priesthood. Dwyer proved an outstanding student, and was awarded doctorates in philosophy and theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University. He was ordained priest for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds on 1 November 1932, and returned to England to study languages at Christ's College, Cambridge.
Following postgraduate studies in Rome and Cambridge from 1932 to 1937, he returned to St Bede's as a member of the teaching staff before joining the Catholic Missionary Society as vice-superior in 1947. He also edited the Catholic Gazette for four years until his appointment as Superior of the Catholic Missionary Society in 1951.
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