Thomas Muldoon
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Thomas Muldoon | |
|---|---|
| Auxiliary bishop of Archdiocese of Sydney | |
| Archdiocese | Sydney |
| Installed | 8 May 1960 |
| Term ended | 6 September 1982 |
| Other post | Titular Bishop of Fesseë (1960–1986) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 22 December 1941 at Propaganda Fide College Chapel, Rome by Pietro Fumasoni Biondi |
| Consecration | 8 May 1960 at St. Peter's Basilica, Rome by Pope John XXIII |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thomas William Earle Muldoon 27 September 1917 Lismore, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 13 January 1986 (aged 68) North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Buried | Lismore, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Occupation | Catholic bishop |
Thomas William Earle Muldoon (27 September 1917 – 13 January 1986) was an Australian bishop of the Catholic Church. He served for more than 20 years as auxiliary bishop of Sydney and was a Council Father of the Second Vatican Council.
Muldoon was born to Bernard, an Irish-born sawmiller, and Jane, a native Australia. He was the sixth of 10 children. One of his younger brothers, Kevin, would serve for more than 50 years as a Marist priest.[1] He was educated at St Carthage's Primary School, then by the Marist Brothers at St Joseph's High School, Lismore and finally by the Marist Fathers at St John's College, Woodlawn where he was head prefect, an active sportsman and horseman.[2]
He entered St Columba's College, Springwood in March 1936 to begin studies for the priesthood along with two other students from the Diocese of Lismore.[3] One of those student, Desmond Houlihan, died within just a few months of entering the seminary.[4] In 1937, he was sent to the Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide in Rome to study.[5]
Priesthood
On 22 December 1941, Muldoon was ordained to the priesthood at the Propaganda Fide College Chapel, Rome by Cardinal Pietro Fumasoni Biondi alongside the future Cardinal James Knox.[6] He remained in Rome to complete a Doctorate of Divinity and returned to Lismore in 1944.[7]
His first assignment upon returning to Lismore was as assistant priest at St Carthage's Cathedral, Lismore.[8]
In 1945, he was appointed to teach at St Patrick's Seminary, Manly.[9] In 1954, he was appointed dean of the college when St Patrick's Seminary was raised to the status of a pontifical faculty of theology. He was also appointed professor of dogmatic theology in the faculty.[10]
