James Darcy Cardinal Freeman †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria “Regina Pacis” in Ostia mare

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Nov 1907		Born
13 Jul 1930	22.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sydney, Australia
9 Dec 1956	49.0	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia
9 Dec 1956	49.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Parva
24 Jan 1957	49.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Parva
18 Oct 1968	60.9	Appointed	Bishop of Armidale, Australia
9 Jul 1971	63.6	Appointed	Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
5 Mar 1973	65.2	Elevated to Cardinal
5 Mar 1973	65.2	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria “Regina Pacis” in Ostia mare
12 Feb 1983	75.2	Retired	Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
16 Mar 1991	83.3	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, Australia

MicroData Summary
James Darcy Freeman
James Darcy Cardinal Freeman
(born 19 Nov 1907, died 16 Mar 1991)
Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father
Consistory - 1973: Created Cardinal
Conclave - August 1978: Participated
Conclave - October 1978: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Annandale, Archdiocese of Sydney
Ordained Bishop Saint Mary, Cathedral, Sydney, Archdiocese of Sydney
Death Place Randwick

a priest for 60.6 years
a bishop for 34.1 years
a cardinal for 18.0 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Bartolomeo Cattaneo †
Titular Archbishop of Palmyra
Principal Consecrator:
Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy †
Archbishop of Sydney
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Thomas Toohey †
Bishop of Maitland
Bishop James Patrick Carroll †
Titular Bishop of Atenia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Norman Thomas Cardinal Gilroy † (1935)
Archbishop of Sydney
Archbishop Filippo Bernardini † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Antiochia in Pisidia
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Archbishop Julian Charles Porteous (1974)
Bishop William Joseph Wright † (1977)
Bishop Christopher Henry Toohey (1982)
Principal Consecrator of:
Edward Bede Cardinal Clancy † (1974)
Bishop David Cremin (1974)
Bishop William Edward Murray † (1975)
Bishop Leo Morris Clarke † (1976)
Bishop Patrick Laurence Murphy † (1977)
Bishop Bede Vincent Heather † (1979)
Bishop John Edward Heaps † (1981)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop John Neil Cullinane † (1959)
Bishop Leo Lemay, S.M. † (1960)
Bishop Bernard Joseph Wallace † (1974)
Bishop Robert Healy † (1975)
Bishop Patrick Dougherty † (1976)
Bishop Leonard Anthony Boyle † (1983)
Bishop Geoffrey James Robinson † (1984)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/84293
VIAF: 89071653
WikiData: Q970190

Source(s):

c13+: AustOceaniaBishops.org
ob/c2/d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 126, Additions/Corrections (front), Deceased Cardinals (back)
ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 143
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 19
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1957, Number 5

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