Background
DWYER, Patrick Vincent was born in Albury. Son of William Dw’yer, Inspector of Schools, Sydney.
DWYER, Patrick Vincent was born in Albury. Son of William Dw’yer, Inspector of Schools, Sydney.
Studied at St. Stanislaus College, Bathurst, New South Wales. Clonlifte College, Dublin, Ireland. Irish College, Rome.
Doctor of Divinity.
Ordained priest in Rome, 1882. Missionary w’ork in W. Maitland, and Secretary to Bishop Murray, Bishop of Maitland. Diocesan Examiner of Catholic Schools, 1882-1889.
President of Diocesan College, 1889-1897. The first native Australian to be Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Coadjutor to Bishop of Maitland, 1807-1909. Roman Catholic Bishop of Maitland, N.S. Wales, since 1909.