AUSTRALIA
The Age
Cardinal George Pell was born in Ballarat on June 8, 1941.
He was educated at St Patrick’s College and Corpus Christi College in Victoria, before studying at Urban University in Rome. He has a PhD in church history from Oxford University, UK, and a masters in education from Monash University.
His career
1966: Ordained a priest for the Ballarat diocese in St Peter’s Basilica
1971: Assistant Priest at Swan Hill
1973 – 1983: Assistant Priest at Ballarat East parish
1978 – 1979: Episcopal Vicar for Education in the Ballarat diocese
1987: Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne
1993: Pell walks priest Gerald Ridsdale to court. Ridsdale is later convicted of a string of child sex abuse charges
1996: Appointed Archbishop of Melbourne
2001: Appointed Archbishop of Sydney, the Australian Catholic church’s most senior position
2003: Appointed by Pope John Paul II to the Sacred College of Cardinals
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