William Barry (bishop)

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William Barry (1872–1929) was an Irish-born Roman Catholic priest who served as Archbishop of Hobart, Tasmania.

Born in 1872, in Midleton, Co. Cork, he was educated locally by the Christian Brothers and at St Colman's College, Fermoy. In 1892 he entered All Hallows College,[https://tasparish.org.au/about/history/past-archbishop/william-barry William Barry] Past Archbishops, Catholic Church in Tasmania. Dublin to train as a missionary priest. He was ordained in 1898, and posted to the Archdiocese of Sydney, by Cardinal Moran, where he worked at St. Mary's Cathedral.{{fact|date=August 2021}}

In 1919 he was appointed co-adjutor bishop of Hobart.[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbarryw.html Archbishop William Barry] Catholic Hierarchy Dr. Barry succeeded Archbishop Delany in 1926, to the see of Hobart.[https://monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/people/religion/display/108568-archbishop-william-barry Archbishop William Barry] Monument Australia

He died on 13 June 1929; he was succeeded by Kilkenny-born and Rome-educated William Hayden.'Ireland's Empire: The Roman Catholic Church in the English-Speaking World 1829–1914' By Colin Barr, Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Archbishop Barry was one of four brothers who became priests, including his brother Rt. Rev. John Barry was also priest and bishop who served in Australia. When appointed to Hobart in 1919, William Barry was succeeded by his brother Tom Barry as parish priest.[http://allhallows.ie/cms/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1922-1924-Annuals.pdf All Hallows Annual 1922-24].

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title= 4th Archbishop of Hobart |

before=Patrick Delany |

after=William Hayden|

years=1926–1929}}

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