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Martin Griver y Cuni (11 November 1814 in
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, Spain1 November 1886 in
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, Western Australia), an Australian bishop, was the second
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Bishop of
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, serving from 1873 until his death in 1886.


Early life in Spain

As a young man Martin studied Latin in his hometown of
Granollers Granollers () is a city in central Catalonia, about 30 kilometres north-east of Barcelona. It is the capital and most densely populated city in the comarca of Vallès Oriental. Granollers is now a bustling business centre, having grown from a t ...
. In 1829 he entered a junior seminary in
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where he concentrated on mathematics and logic. He then graduated to the major seminary in
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and undertook seven years of theological training concluding in 1839. The last six years were accredited by the
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. Following the completion of his theological studies he was unable to be ordained. The liberal and anticlerical Spanish government had published a ban on ordination in 1835 to reduce the size of the Catholic Church's clerical body, which in the previous century had reached approximately 200,000. When he could not fulfill his vocation to become a priest, Griver studied medicine and surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in Barcelona. He was awarded a bachelor's degree in philosophy specialising medicine in July 1845 and then received a bachelor's degree in medicine and surgery in the same month. Finally, after much perseverance, in December 1847 he was ordained for the diocese of
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. He was ordained for this diocese as he received a small benefice, a land holding for the support of the clergy, from a previous employer the Marquis of Milan that was located within that diocese. He was also granted a licence to exercise his ministry in the diocese of Barcelona. After a brief period as a curate in his home parish of San Esteban he volunteered for Western Australia. Travelling from Spain with
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, Griver arrived in
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, Western Australia, and applied his knowledge of medicine together with his religious fervour from Albany to
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, as well as across Perth. An 1846 establishment of a
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mission in
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by Griver's compatriot,
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, was not supported by Serra and created tensions in the sprawling colony. Appointed Administrator of the Diocese, Griver was charged with the responsibility for separating the activities of the mission from the diocese and facilitating equitable access to funding for Church schools. In 1865, as administrator, Griver completed the first stage of construction of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (St Mary's), Perth.


Bishop of Perth

Travelling to Rome for the
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In 1869, Griver was appointed
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of ''
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'' and consecrated the following year; changing to Perth following the death of Brady in 1871. During 1885 Griver attended the first Plenary Council of Australasia along with fourteen other bishops and fifty-two theologians. During the Council he advocated for the establishment of the Kimberley region as an apostolic vicariate. Due to his age and health, while in Sydney he also proposed three possible candidates for the position of co-adjutor bishop of Perth. The proposed names included Father Matthew Gibney, the future third Bishop of Perth. He died while in office on 1 November 1886 and was buried in St Mary's Cathedral.


Exhumation

During 2006, as part of the restoration of St Mary's, Bishop Griver's remains were exhumed from a brick lined grave by a group of archaeologists under the supervision of Fr Robert Cross and Dr Shane Burke. His successor Bishop
Matthew Gibney Matthew Gibney (1 November 1835 in Killeshandra, Cavan, Ireland – 22 June 1925 in Perth, Western Australia), an Australian metropolitan bishop, was the third Roman Catholic Bishop of Perth, serving from 1886 until 1910. Gibney gave Australia ...
was buried beside him.


References


Further reading

* O'Brien, Odhran, ''Martin Griver – Unearthed'', St Pauls Publications Australia, 2015. * O'Brien, Odhran, Martin Griver - Unearthed
A biographical study of a missionary, visionary and colonial bishop in Western Australia
1814–86, Master of Arts (History), University of Notre Dame Australia. *


External links

* Martin Griver or Martí Grivé i Cuní , Galeria of Catalan Doctors

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