Edward John Doody (15 December 1903 − 9 April 1968) was an Australian Roman Catholic bishop.
Born in Brisbane, Doody was ordained to the priesthood in Rome on 12 March 1927, and was later parish priest of Nambour. Doody was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Armidale, Australia in 1948 and died in 1968 while still in office.
He worked to improve conditions for local Aborigines. From 1958, he received debutantes at an annual Aboriginal Ball. He publicly opposed the discrimination precluding Asians migrating to Australia.
In the 1950s, he was a strong supporter of B. A. Santamaria's fight against Communism. He was also a supporter of the New England New State Movement, and a member of its executive council, from 1949.
He attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965 and contributed to discussions on clerical celibacy and tradition.
References
- The ten Catholic bishops of Armidale Archived 24 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Star Community 8 Feb 2012.
- Edward Doody
- Historic Aboriginal debutante ball Archived 24 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Star Community 6 June 2012.
- ^ ""NEW STATE TO BE A REALITY"". Scone Advocate. 12 February 1954. p. 8. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- B. Duncan, Crusade or Conspiracy? Catholics and the Anti-Communist Struggle in Australia, UNSW Press, Sydney, 2001, pp. 292, 330-1, 345, 371.
- "NEW STATE MOVEMENT". The Northern Champion. 18 June 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- J.J. Murphy, The Far Milieu Called Home: Australian Bishops at Vatican ll (The Final Session: 1965), Australasian Catholic Record, 80 (3), (2003), 343-369.
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