Sir Guilford Clyde Young KBE (10 November 1916 – 16 March 1988) was an Australian

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clergyman. Born at

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, he was

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on 3 June 1939, after a brilliant academic career at '' Propaganda Fide College''. Returning to Australia he was appointed

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to the Apostolic Delegation for a short time until he was consecrated Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Canberra-Goulburn in

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, on 8 September 1948. He was translated to

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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

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and his contribution to the

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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 ''

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'', and later to the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship.

Honours

In the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1978, Archbishop Young was appointed a

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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 {{Australia-RC-bishop-stub