Ronald Mulkearns

The Most Reverend

Ronald Mulkearns
6th Roman Catholic Bishop of Ballarat
ChurchRoman Catholic
DioceseBallarat
Previous post(s)Titular Bishop of Cululi
Orders
Ordination22 July 1956 (Priest)
Consecration1 May 1971 (Bishop)
Personal details
Born
Ronald Austin Mulkearns

(1930-11-11)11 November 1930
Died3 April 2016(2016-04-03) (aged 85)
NationalityAustralian
DenominationRoman Catholicism
OccupationRoman Catholic bishop
ProfessionCleric

Ronald Austin Mulkearns (11 November 1930 – 3 April 2016) was the bishop emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ballarat in Ballarat, Australia, a diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Melbourne.[1] He resigned as bishop on 30 May 1997.[1] The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse found that Mulkearns was "derelict in his duty".[2]

  1. ^ a b "Bishop Ronald Austin Mulkearns". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
  2. ^ Wrigley, Brendan (6 December 2017). "We failed and we are sorry: church responds to scathing report". The Courier. Retrieved 29 December 2017.

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