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The Most Reverend Eric D'Arcy | |
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| 9thCatholic Archbishop | |
| Diocese | Hobart |
| Installed | 24 October 1988 |
| Term ended | 26 July 1999 |
| Predecessor | Guilford Clyde Young |
| Successor | Adrian Leo Doyle |
| Other post(s) | Bishop of Sale (1981–1988) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 24 July 1949 (priest) in Melbourne |
| Consecration | 1 July 1981 (bishop) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joseph Eric D'Arcy (1924-04-25)25 April 1924 |
| Died | 12 December 2005(2005-12-12) (aged 81) Melbourne |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Occupation | Catholic bishop |
| Profession | Cleric |
| Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Melbourne University of Melbourne (BA Hons,MA) University of Oxford (DPhil) Pontifical Gregorian University (PhD) |
Joseph Eric D'Arcy (25 April 1924 – 12 December 2005) was the ninth Archbishop of theCatholic Archdiocese of Hobart,Tasmania, Australia, from 1988 to 1999. Immediately prior to his appointment to Hobart, D'Arcy served as the sixthBishop of theDiocese of Sale from 1981 to 1988.
Joseph Eric D'Arcy was born in theMelbourne suburb ofBrighton on 25 April 1924.[1]
He was educated at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish School, Armadale;De La Salle College, Malvern;Corpus Christi College, Werribee; and theUniversity of Melbourne, where he graduated with aBachelor of Arts degree with First Class Honours and an Exhibition in Philosophy, and aMaster of Arts in Philosophy.
He later pursued doctoral studies in philosophy at theUniversity of Oxford, where he was the first Australian-born philosopher to receive an Oxford doctorate, and thePontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
D'Arcy was ordained as apriest in 1949, and also taught in the philosophy department atUniversity of Melbourne, eventually becoming its head.
He garnered unwanted notoriety in 1955, when a letter undersigned by him was leaked to the press confirming the existence of 'The Movement' (modelled onCatholic Action groups in Europe) within theAustralian Labor Party. The resulting furore contributed to theLabor Split.[2]
D'Arcy served as the sixthBishop of theDiocese of Sale from 1981 to 1988, becoming the ninth Archbishop of theCatholic Archdiocese of Hobart from 1988 to 1999.[1]
D'Arcy wasArchbishop Emeritus of Hobart from his retirement in 1999 until his death in Melbourne on 12 December 2005, aged 81.[1]
D'Arcy was the author ofConscience and its Right to Freedom (Sheed and Ward, 1961) andHuman Acts: an essay in their moral evaluation (Clarendon Press, 1963). He also participated as translator and commentator on the 60-volume English version ofThomas Aquinas'Summa.
D'Arcy was invited to give the inaugural Newman Lecture atMannix College,Monash University, Melbourne, in 1981.[3]
Program for 2007 lecture, in the form of a play,The Fox and the Hedgehog: John Monash and Daniel Mannix, Parallel Lives. Published online 24 July 2018.
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| Preceded by | 6thBishopof Sale 1981–1988 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | 9thArchbishopof Hobart 1988–1999 | Succeeded by |
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