Edward Francis Kelly MSC

Auxiliary Bishop 1969-1975.

Edward Francis Kelly was born in Wellington, NSW, on 22 March 1917, the son of Dennis Kelly and Elizabeth Agnes Colreavy. He was educated in OLSH Primary, Kensington and the Catholic Primary School in Golden Grove, then at Marist Brothers in Kogarah and Darlinghurst.

He received his seminary formation at the MSC Novitiate, Douglas Park, and at the International Scholasticate and the Gregorian University in Rome. He was ordained on 10 March 1942 in St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney by Archbishop Norman Gilroy, and incardinated into the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. He was elected Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney and Titular Bishop of Ficus, on 6 February 1969, being ordained on 25 March 1969 at St Mary's Cathedral, by Cardinal Norman Gilroy.

He was appointed Bishop of Toowoomba on 19 December 1975, and enthroned on 11 February 1976 in St Patrick's Cathedral. He retired on 20 November 1992, and died on 2 September 1994 in Tugan. He is buried in Toowoomba General Cemetary.

During his lifetime, he was on the Staff of MSC Community Douglas Park and Croydon; Apostolic Delegation North Sydney from 1948-1954; Superior of MSC Community Kensington 1954-1960; Superior Croydon 1960-1966, and on the Staff of St Paul's National Seminary, Kensington 1967-1968. He was also Parish Priest of Concord.

The Previous Archbishops of the Archdiocese of Sydney

• John Polding OSB, Vicar Apostolic of New Holland 1834-1842; Archbishop of Sydney 1842-1877.
• Roger Bede Vaughan OSB, 1877-1883.
• Patrick Francis Cardinal Moran, 1884-1911.
• Michael Kelly, 1911-1940.
• Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy, 1940-1971. Co-adjutor Bishop 1937-1940; Archbishop 1940-46; Cardinal 1946-1971.
• James Darcy Cardinal Freeman, 1971-1983. Auxiliary Bishop Sydney 1957-1969. Bishop Armidale 1969-1971.
• Edward Bede Cardinal Clancy AC, 1983-2001.

The Predecessor Auxiliary and Co-adjutor Archbishops
of the Archdiocese of Sydney

1. Charles Henry Davis OSB, 1848-1854. Also Titular Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle.
2. Joseph Higgins, 1889. (Appointed Bishop of Rockhampton 1889).
3. Michael Sheehan, Co-adjutor Archbishop 1922-1937.
4. Eris Norman Michael O'Brien, 1948-1953. (Appointed Bishop of Canberra-Goulburn 1953.)
5. Patrick Francis Lyons, 1950-1956. (Appointed Co-adjutor Bishop Sale 1956. Bishop 1957-1967.)
6. James Patrick Carroll, 1954-1965. Retired 1984. Died 1995.
7. James Darcy Cardinal Freeman, 1957-1969
8. Thomas William Muldoon, 1960-1986.
9. Edward Francis Kelly MSC, 1969-1975. (Appointed Bishop of Toowoomba 1975.)
10. Edward Bede Cardinal Clancy AC, 1973-1978. (Appointed Archbishop of Canberra-Goulburn, 1978-1983.)
11. Patrick Laurence Murphy, 1977-1986. (Appointed Bishop of Broken Bay 1986. Retired)
12. Bede Vincent Heather, 1979-1986. (Appointed Bishop of Parramatta 1986. Retired)
13. John Edward Heaps, 1981-1992. Retired 1992. Died 2004.
14. Peter William Ingham, 1993-2001. (Appointed Bishop of Wollongong 2001.)
15. Geoffrey James Robinson, 1984-2004. Retired.
16. David Cremin, 1974-2005. Retired.

See also:

• Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney
• Current Auxiliary Bishops of Sydney
  • Bishop Julian Porteous
  • Bishop Anthony Fisher OP
• Significant Early Pioneers in the Church in Sydney