James Duhig
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The Most Reverend Sir James Duhig KCMG |
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| 3rd Roman Catholic Archbishop | |
Archbishop Duhig meeting with US Army personnel ca. 1944 at St Stephen's Cathedral
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| Archdiocese | Brisbane |
| Province | Brisbane |
| Installed | 13 January 1917 |
| Term ended | 10 April 1965 |
| Predecessor | Robert Dunne |
| Successor | Patrick O'Donnell |
| Other posts | Bishop of Rockhampton (1905 – 1912) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 19 September 1896 (Priest) in Rome by Cardinal Cassetta |
| Consecration | 10 December 1905 Bishop by Archbishop Michael Kelly |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
2 September 1871 Broadford, County Limerick, Ireland |
| Died | 10 April 1965 (aged 93) New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Buried | St Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane |
| Nationality | Irish/Australian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | John and Margaret (née Barry) Duhig |
| Occupation | Cleric |
| Alma mater |
St Joseph's, Gregory Terrace; Irish College, Rome; Pontifical Urbaniana University |
Sir James Duhig KCMG (2 September 1873 – 10 April 1965) was an Irish-born Australian Roman Catholic religious leader. He was the Archbishop of Brisbane for 48 years from 1917 until his death in 1965. At the time of his death he was the longest-serving bishop in the Catholic Church (1905–1965).
Duhig was born in Broadford, County Limerick but emigrated with his family to Australia as a young boy. He completed his education at St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace, Queensland. After that, he worked for the Cooperative Butchering Company. After undertaking his studies for the priesthood at the Irish College and Pontifical Urbaniana University, both in Rome, Duhig was ordained a priest in 1896 and his profile grew rapidly.
On 10 December 1905, he became the youngest bishop in the Catholic Church when he was consecrated Bishop of Rockhampton. On 26 February 1912, he was transferred to Brisbane, where he became the coadjutor archbishop to the elderly Archbishop Robert Dunne. On 13 January 1917 he succeeded as Archbishop of Brisbane, a position he held for 48 years until his death in 1965.
In the early years of Duhig's tenure, his archdiocese took on an extensive building program, including churches, hospitals and schools, erecting more than 400 buildings, earning him the nickname of "Duhig the Builder". These buildings are a prominent feature of the Brisbane landscape to this day. His most ambitious project, the Cathedral of the Holy Name in Fortitude Valley, was a casualty of the Great Depression which destroyed the value of the investments that were to finance the project. In addition to the construction of buildings, Duhig created over fifty new parishes and encouraged the establishment of twenty communities of religious men and women in an ecclesiastical province that had previously been dominated by the Irish Christian Brothers and the Sisters of Mercy.
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