William Edward Murray AM (16 February 192021 April 2013) was an Australian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Murray was born in Leichhardt and was ordained as a priest on 21 July 1945 in the

Archdiocese of Sydney The Archdiocese of Sydney ( la, Archidioecesis Sydneyensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church. Its episcopal see is Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Erected in 1842, the archdiocese is the metr ...

. He was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Wollongong on 5 June 1975 and consecrated on 21 July 1975. Murray remained with the diocese until his retirement on 12 April 1996. He was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia on 26 January 1988 for services to religion. Murray died on 21 April 2013 at a Sydney nursing home. He was 93.Obituary
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Diocese of Wollongong website
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Australia 1920 births 2013 deaths Members of the Order of Australia Roman Catholic bishops of Wollongong {{Australia-RC-bishop-stub