Laurence Sheil
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Laurence Bonaventure Sheil OFM was an Irish Franciscan friar, who served as the third Roman Catholic Bishop of Adelaide. Born in Ireland, he was educated at St Peter's College, Wexford, and at the Fra
Lawrence Sheil c 1872
Mary MacKillop
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Mary Helen MacKillop RSJ was an Australian religious sister. She was born in Melbourne but is best known for her activities in South Australia. Together with Fr Julian Tenison-Woods, she founded the S
Laurence Sheil
…extensive absence from the diocese contributing to severe factionalism within the clergy. Sheil's mismanagement culminated in his excommunication of Mary MacKillop, who later became Australia's first saint. He died in March 1872, rescinding his excommunication of MacKillop on his deathbed. Sheil was born on 24…
Mother Mary of the Cross (1869)
MacKillop museum on Mount Street, North Sydney
Mary MacKillop Chapel in North Sydney, which holds MacKillop's tomb
Saint Mary MacKillop, 1890