Patrick Phelan (Bishop of Sale)

Bishop Patrick Phelan DD was Roman Catholic Bishop of Sale, Victoria, Australia. Born on 2 January 1856, in Johnstown, Kilkenny, Ireland, to Martin and Margaret Phelan,[1] he was educated at Mount Melleray Seminary, and St. Patrick's College, Carlow, he was ordained a priest for Melbourne, Australia in 1888.[2] Phelan was a founder and frequent contributor to Austral Light. In 1900 he was appointed Dean of Melbourne, and he served as Vicar General from 1908 until 1913, in 1912 he was appointed Bishop of Sale, a position he held until his death on 5 January 1925 in a private hospital in Dublin, Ireland where he was seeking medical treatment.[3]

Noted for his administration he raised £25,000 over three years to build St Patrick's College in Sale which opened in 1922, and when he died both the parish and college were debt free. The Bishop Phelan Stadium, on the St Patricks Campus, of the Catholic College Sale is named in his honour.

Bishop Phelans brother Micheal became a Jesuit Priest and also ministered in Australia.

References

  1. ↑ Patrick Phelan Dictionary of Australian Biography
  2. ↑ Bishop Phelan www.catholic-hierarchy.org
  3. ↑ Bishop Phelan Dead - Catholic Prelate of Sale The Age, 7th January 1925.
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