Sir Guilford Clyde Young
KBE
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(10 November 1916 – 16 March 1988) was an Australian
Roman Catholic clergyman.
Born at
Sandgate, Queensland, he was
ordained priest in
Rome on 3 June 1939, after a brilliant academic career at ''
Propaganda Fide College''. Returning to Australia he was appointed
secretary to the
Apostolic Delegation
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for a short time until he was consecrated
Auxiliary Bishop of the
Archdiocese of Canberra-Goulburn in
St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, on 8 September 1948.
He was translated to
Hobart
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as
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in November 1954, and succeeded to the See on the resignation of Archbishop Ernest Victor Tweedy in September the following year. Archbishop Young's years in Hobart were distinguished by his leadership in the implementation of the reforms of the
Second Vatican Council and his contribution to the
liturgical renewal of the Church, both at the local level and through his appointment in Rome, first to the papal commission for the implementation of the ''
Sacrosanctum Concilium'', and later to the
Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship
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Honours
In the
Queen's Birthday Honours of 1978,
Archbishop Young was appointed a
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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(KBE).
References
External links
Catholic-Hierarchy.org
1916 births
1988 deaths
People from Brisbane
Roman Catholic archbishops of Hobart
20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Australia
Australian Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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