George Patrick Dwyer was an English prelate and the Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham, England.
11 Facts About George Dwyer
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The son of John William George Dwyer, a wholesale egg and potato merchant, and his wife Jemima, he was a cousin by marriage of Anthony Burgess, he was educated at St Bede's College, Manchester, then at the Venerable English College, Rome after being accepted by the Salford Diocese as a candidate for the priesthood.
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George Dwyer proved an outstanding student, and was awarded doctorates in philosophy and theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University.
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George Dwyer was ordained priest for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Leeds on 1 November 1932, and returned to England to study languages at Christ's College, Cambridge.
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George Dwyer edited the Catholic Gazette for four years until his appointment as Superior of the Catholic Missionary Society in 1951.
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George Dwyer was ordained bishop on 24 September 1957 by John Carmel Heenan following his appointment as Bishop of Leeds where he succeeded Heenan who had previously served a term of eight years in Leeds.
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In October 1965, George Dwyer was translated to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham to serve as the sixth Archbishop of Birmingham, named by Pope Paul VI.
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However, George Dwyer informed the Apostolic Delegate he felt that at sixty-seven his age was too great for him to be considered for the post.
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George Dwyer was elected president of the Bishops' Conference during the first three years of Basil Hume's episcopate, becoming the first bishop to hold that position who was not Archbishop of Westminster.
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George Dwyer retired as Archbishop of Birmingham, his resignation was accepted by Pope John Paul II on 1 September 1981, taking up the title Archbishop Emeritus of Birmingham.
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George Dwyer was buried at St Mary's College, Oscott on 24 September 1987.