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Eugene Hurley

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The Most Reverend
Daniel Eugene Hurley
Bishop Emeritus of Darwin
Church Roman Catholic Church
Diocese Darwin
See Darwin
Appointed 3 July 2007
Installed 29 August 2007
Term ended 27 June 2018
Predecessor Edmund Collins
Successor Charles Gauci
Previous post Bishop of Port Pirie (1998–2007)
Orders
Ordination 27 June 1964
by Bryan Gallagher
Consecration 12 February 1999
by Leonard Anthony Faulkner
Personal details
Born Daniel Eugene Hurley
21 April 1940
Orroroo, South Australia, Australia

Daniel Eugene Hurley AM (born 21 April 1940) is an Australian clergyman who was the sixth[1] bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Darwin, having served in this position from 29 August 2007 until he retired on 27 June 2018.[2]

Before that, he served as Bishop of Port Pirie from 1998 until 2007, after having been a parish priest in the Port Pirie diocese since he was ordained in 1964.[2]

In the 2019 Australia Day Honours Hurley was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for "significant service to the Catholic Church in Australia, and to the community of the Northern Territory".[3]

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