Type: | Bishop |
William Edward Murray | |
Bishop of Diocese of Wollongong Emeritus | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
See: | Diocese of Wollongong |
Term: | 1975–1996 |
Predecessor: | Thomas Absolem McCabe |
Successor: | Philip Edward Wilson |
Ordination: | 21 July 1945 |
Birth Date: | 1920 2, df=yes |
Death Place: | Sydney, Australia |
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. 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.[1]
He was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia on 26 January 1988 for services to religion.[2]
Murray died on 21 April 2013 at a Sydney nursing home. He was 93.[3]