Patrick Phelan (bishop of Sale)

Bishop Patrick Phelan DD (2 January 1856 – 5 January 1925) was Roman Catholic Bishop of Sale, Victoria, Australia.

Patrick Phelan
Bishop of Sale
In office
2 November 1912 – 5 January 1925
Personal details
Born(1856-01-02)2 January 1856
Johnstown, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Died5 January 1925(1925-01-05) (aged 69)
Dublin, Ireland

Biography

Phelan was born on 2 January 1856, in Johnstown, Kilkenny, Ireland, to Martin and Margaret Phelan,[1] and educated at Mount Melleray Seminary, and St. Patrick's College, Carlow.[2] He was ordained a priest for Melbourne, Australia in 1888.[3] Phelan was a founder and frequent contributor to Austral Light.

In 1900, he was appointed Dean of Melbourne, and served as Vicar-General from 1908 to 1913. On 2 November 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 receiving medical treatment.[4]

He was noted for his administration, where 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 Patrick's Campus of the Catholic College Sale, is named in his honour.

Phelan's brother Micheal became a Jesuit priest and also ministered in Australia.

References
  1. Patrick Phelan Dictionary of Australian Biography
  2. The Catholic Encyclopedia and its Makers. The Encyclopedia Press. 1917. p. 136. Retrieved 27 September 2021 – via archive.org.
  3. Bishop Phelan www.catholic-hierarchy.org
  4. "Bishop Phelan Dead – Catholic Prelate of Sale" The Age, 7 January 1925.
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