Patrick Clune

The Most Reverend Patrick Clune DD CSsR
4th Roman Catholic Archbishop
Archbishop Clune at Fremantle wharf (1927)
Province	Perth
Diocese	Archdiocese of Perth
Installed	28 August 1913
Term ended	24 May 1935
Predecessor	Matthew Gibney
Successor	Redmond Prendiville
Other posts	Bishop of Perth (1910 – 1913)
Orders
Ordination	24 June 1886 (Priest)
Consecration	17 March 1911 (Bishop)
Personal details
Birth name	Patrick Joseph Clune
Born	(1864-01-06)6 January 1864 Ruan, County Clare, Ireland
Died	24 May 1935(1935-05-24) (aged 71) Perth, Western Australia
Buried	Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth
Nationality	Irish/Australian
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Occupation	Roman Catholic bishop
Profession	Cleric
Alma mater	All Hallows College, Dublin, Ireland

Patrick Joseph Clune, DD CSsR, (6 January 1864 in Ruan, County Clare, Ireland – 24 May 1935 in Perth, Western Australia), an Australian metropolitan bishop, was the fourth Roman Catholic Bishop of Perth and first Archbishop of Perth. Clune served continuously in these roles from 1910 to 1935.

Clune was educated in Ruan and at St Flannan's College in Ennis. In 1879 he entered the Catholic Missionary All Hallows College in Dublin to study for the priesthood. He was ordained in 1886, aged 22. His first appointment was to St Patrick's College, Goulburn in New South Wales.

He professed vows as a member of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists) on 13 September 1894.

He was consecrated by Cardinal Patrick Moran on 17 March 1911. In 1913 he was elevated to the role of Archbishop, the first such position available in Perth.

Prior to December 1920, Archbishop Clune acted as an intermediary between Lloyd-George and the Irish leaders during the Irish War of Independence.; he had a strong personal interest in the outcome since his nephew Conor Clune had been executed by the British in what seems to have been a case of mistaken identity.