Ernest Victor Tweedy
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Ernest Victor Tweedy | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop Emeritus of Archdiocese of Hobart | |
| Archdiocese | Hobart |
| Installed | 7 March 1943 |
| Term ended | 20 September 1955 |
| Other post | Titular Archbishop of Assuras (1955–1965) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 20 December 1925 at Propaganda Fide College Chapel, Rome by Willem Marinus van Rossum |
| Consecration | 7 March 1943 at St John's Pro-Cathedral, Maitland by Giovanni Panico |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ernest Victor Tweedy 6 December 1901 Minmi, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 27 September 1965 (aged 63) |
| Buried | St Mary's Cathedral, Hobart, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Occupation | Catholic bishop |
| Alma mater | Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide |
| Motto | Diligamus nos invicem (Let us love one another) |
Ernest Victor Tweedy (6 December 1901 – 27 September 1965) was an Australian bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as the seventh Archbishop of Hobart.
Tweedy was born in Minmi, New South Wales to Richard and Sarah Tweedy.[1]
His father Richard was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England and moved to New South Wales in 1886. He began working for the Bulli Coalmining Company as an engineer before being employed by J & A Brown in Minmi. Richard was not Catholic and only converted to Catholicism a few weeks prior to his death.[2]
Ernest was the youngest of four children. His brother George became a brother for the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart.[3]
He received his education from the Sisters of St Joseph at Bulli. After leaving school, he went to work with the Postmaster-General's Department (PMG) before leaving to study for the priesthood.[4]
He began his studies at St Columba's College, Springwood before moving to St Patrick's Seminary. In 1922, he was sent to Rome to continue his studies for the priesthood.[5]
Priesthood
Tweedy was ordained to the priesthood in the Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide Chapel on 20 December 1925 by Cardinal Willem Marinus van Rossum. He was ordained alongside Thomas McCabe, the future Bishop of Wollongong, and Ngô Đình Thục, a future sedevacantist bishop, who was excommunicated twice by the Catholic Church before being reconciled.[6] He remained in Rome following his ordination to obtain a Doctor of Divinity.[7]
Tweedy's first appointment was as assistant priest in Merewether. He was also Examiner of Christian Doctrine in the Diocese of Maitland schools from 1927 until 1932. He was transferred to Maitland in 1931 and became private secretary to Bishop Edmund Gleeson. He became administrator of St John's Church, Maitland in 1932 and remained in charge of the parish for 11 years.[8]