Education
Clune was educated in Ruan and at Street Flannan"s College in Ennis.
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Patrick Clune
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Clune served continuously in these roles from 1910 to 1935. In 1879 he entered the Catholic Missionary All Hallows College in Dublin to study for the priesthood. He was ordained in 1886, aged 22.
His first appointment was to Street Patrick"s College, Goulburn in New South Wales.
He was consecrated by Cardinal Patrick Moran on 17 March 1911. In 1913 he was elevated to the role of Archbishop, the first such position available in Perth.
He played a significant role in the split of Christian Brothers College, Perth to form Aquinas College in the 1930s. He died on 24 May 1935 and was buried in Karrakatta Cemetery.
His remains were exhumed in June 2013, and reinterred in the crypt of Street Mary"s Cathedral Perth in September 2013.
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Born
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Nationality
Australian -
Religion
Roman Catholic