Gregory O'Kelly

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Gregory O'Kelly

Bishop Emeritus of Port Pirie
Church Roman Catholic Church
Diocese Port Pirie
See Port Pirie
Appointed15 April 2009
Installed10 June 2009
Term ended1 August 2020
Predecessor Daniel Eugene Hurley
Successor Karol Kulczycki
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination9 December 1972
Consecration14 September 2006
by  Philip Wilson
Personal details
Born
Gregory O'Kelly

(1941-08-10) 10 August 1941 (age 83)
NationalityAustralian
DenominationCatholic (Roman Rite)

Gregory John O'Kelly SJ AM (born 10 August 1941) is an Australian Jesuit prelate of the Catholic Church and the former Bishop of Port Pirie.

Life

O’Kelly was born in Adelaide. He taught at Pentridge Prison and at two schools while preparing for the priesthood. He was ordained a priest for the Society of Jesus in Adelaide in 1972. His career has been largely devoted to education. From 1978 to 1982 he was headmaster at Saint Ignatius' College in Adelaide and from 1982 to 1993 was headmaster at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview in Sydney. He then returned to his former school to manage its transition to coeducation.

In 1989, he was elected Chairman of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia, the first Catholic to hold that position.

In 1994, he was awarded the Order of Australia (AM) for services to education. [1]

On 6 July 2006, O'Kelly was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Adelaide and titular bishop of Ath Truim. [2] He was the first Jesuit to be appointed a bishop in Australia. [1] He was consecrated a bishop on 14 September by Philip Wilson, Archbishop of Adelaide.

On 15 April 2009 he was named Bishop of Port Pirie, [3] the diocese in northern South Australia where the pioneering Australian Jesuits established numerous schools and churches. O'Kelly's family also have strong ties to this region of South Australia. [4]

On 3 June 2018 he was named Apostolic Administrator sede plena of the Archdiocese of Adelaide, where the ordinary, Philip Wilson had "stepped aside" after being convicted of failure to report allegations of sexual abuse to authorities. [5]

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References

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