AUSTRALIA
Australian Associated Press
August 19, 2019
CARDINAL GEORGE PELL’S CAREER
JUNE 8, 1941 – Born in Ballarat, Victoria
DECEMBER 16, 1966 – Ordained a Catholic priest
1971-1972 – Assistant priest Swan Hill parish
1973-1983 – Assistant priest Ballarat East parish
1973 – Shared St Alipius presbytery with Gerald Ridsdale (later revealed as Australia’s worst pedophile priest) and Monsignor William McMahon
1973-1984 – Episcopal Vicar for Education in Diocese of Ballarat; founding member of Catholic Education Commission of Victoria
1981-1984 – Principal of Institute of Catholic Education (now merged with Australian Catholic University)
1984 – Administrator of Bungaree parish
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