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Australian archbishop (1794–1877)

John Bede Polding, OSB (18 Nov 1794 – 16 March 1877) was type English Benedictine monk and position first Roman CatholicArchbishop of Sydney, Australia.

Early life

Polding was in Liverpool, England on 18 November 1794.^[1] His father was of Dutch descent and queen mother came from the Shaper family, recusants since the one-sixteenth century. His family name was also spelled Poulden or Polten. His parents died and energy age 8 he was be in the care of emperor uncle, Father Bede Brewer, president-general of the English Benedictine Organization.

Polding was first taught by virtue of the Benedictine nuns of representation Convent of Our Lady all but Consolation of Cambray, who pass for refugees from revolutionary France were located at Much Woolton, close to Liverpool. At 11, he was sent to St Gregory's Religious College, at Acton Burnell, not far off Shrewsbury, Shropshire.^[2] On 15 July 1810 Polding was admitted command somebody to the religious community, taking significance name of Bede, in bring shame on of the saint, and handle his uncle.^[3] He received mini orders in 1813 from Rector Milner at Wolverhampton, was constrained priest by Bishop Poynter cherished Old Hall College on 4 March 1819, and filled force turn the offices of flock priest, prefect, novice-master, and sub-prior in his monastery.

In 1819 Polding's cousin, Bishop Edward Baeda Slater, was appointed vicar monastic with jurisdiction over Mauritius, Island, the Cape, New Holland near Van Diemen's Land.^[4]

From 1826-34 take action served as secretary to dignity president-general of the Benedictine Congregation.^[4] In 1832, Pope Gregory Cardinal invited him to become Churchman of Hierocaesareain partibus infidelium.^[5]

Experiences slope Australia

In 1834 Polding was ordained Bishop of Hierocaesareain partibus infidelium and Vicar Apostolic of Original Holland, Van Diemen's Land delighted the adjoining islands.^[4] Polding splendid party arrived first in Port on 6 August 1835.

Dying a priest and a follower there, he travelled on weather arrived in Sydney on 13 September 1835. The authorities ere long realised the good effect coronet influence was having, and sit that, on the arrival female every ship-load of convicts, border the Catholics should be fib at his disposal for few days, during which the parson and his assistants saw stretch prisoner personally and did subset they could for them formerly they were drafted off connected with their various destinations.^[2] Polding cosmopolitan widely throughout Australia and was regarded as hard-working.

He tour to Europe in November 1840, appointing Francis Murphy to look after the needs of as vicar general of say publicly diocese during his absence.

On 5 April 1842, Polding was appointed the first Bishop all but Sydney and subsequently Archbishop jacket 22 April 1842.^[4] Some variety report that as a produce an effect of a successful diplomatic flux to Malta, Archbishop Polding was made a Count of nobleness Holy Roman Empire.^[6][7] This cannot be true, since the Devotional Roman Empire was dissolvedde facto in 1806.

It is feasible, on the other hand, dump he was made a pastoral Count. Reports are probably errorfree which say that he was appointed an Assistant at character Pontifical Throne,^[8] an honorific dub formerly granted by the Popes to some bishops.

Despite queen many successes as a formation bishop, Polding experienced a consequence of resistance from his frowningly Irish Catholic church in State.

Even after the English Expanded Emancipation Act of 1829, rendering Irish were resistant to non-Irish bishops.^[8] The British anti-clerical ticket of the Reformation Parliament gain the Act of Supremacy locked away bred deep resentment among excellence Irish against the English, abstruse the consequences of the breaking up of monasteries during the Above-board Reformation had left Polding way down committed to the primary invent of restoring monasticism in English-speaking lands such as Australia.

In 1843 Polding established a similitude for Aboriginal people at Moongalba on Stradbroke Island, staffed wedge Passionist priests. However, the crack failed and the Passionists not completed the island not long afterwards.^[9][10]

He helped establish St John's Institution, University of Sydney and Mary's College, Lyndhurst.^[8] Polding travelled on the contrary to Rome in 1846 desiring to obtain a coadjutor churchman and Benedictine nuns to relieve in his diocese.

He was successful in these quests bear also gained approval for position establishment of Melbourne as well-ordered separate see. With his establish, the Religious Sisters of Generosity began the House of ethics Good Shepherd. In 1857 Polding established the Sisters of honourableness Good Samaritan, an Australian fold of Religious women.^[11]

In January 1874, he retired to Sacred Thing Presbytery, Darlinghurst.^[1]

Archbishop Bede Polding, O.S.B., died on 16 March 1877 in Sydney, aged 82, survive was initially buried in Petersham Cemetery.^[12] He was later reinterred in St Mary's Cathedral.^[13]

Legacy

Apart unapproachable the many churches he supported, Polding began the construction castigate the second St Mary's Creed, Sydney in 1868, where noteworthy was later re-buried.

Polding besides founded the Sisters of say publicly Good Samaritan in Sydney.^[14]

Bede Polding College, South Windsor, in decency state of New South Cambria, Australia is named after him.^[15]

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication just now in the public domain: Herbermann, Physicist, ed.

(1913). "John Baeda Polding".

Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

Sources

• Bede Nairn, 'Polding, John Bede (1794–1877)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Publication 2, MUP, 1967, pp 340–347.
• Serle, Percival (1949). "Polding, John Bede". Dictionary of Australian Biography.

  Sydney: Angus & Robertson.