What is Norman Thomas Gilroy?
[[File:SLNSW 34631 Cardinal Gilroys visit to Christian Brothers Training College Strathfield (cropped).jpg|thumb|Gilroy in 1946]] [[Sir]] '''Norman Thomas Gilroy''' {{Small|[[Order of the British Empire|KBE]]}} (22 January 1896 – 21 October 1977) was an [[Australia]]n [[archbishop]]. He was the first Australian-born [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. He became a [[priest]] in 1923. He was Archbishop of [[Sydney]] from 1940 until his [[retirement]] in 1971. He was became a [[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] in 1969. He was the first Roman Catholic cardinal to have been given a knighthood since the [[English Reformation]]. In 1970, he was named [[Australian of the Year]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/honour-roll/?view=fullView&year=1970&recipientID=70|title=1970 Australian of the Year|publisher=[[Australian of the Year|Australian of the Year Awards]]|access-date=2 April 2019|archive-date=15 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115182109/https://www.australianoftheyear.org.au/honour-roll/?view=fullView&year=1970&recipientID=70|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was born in [[Glebe, New South Wales|Glebe]], an inner-western [[suburb]] of Sydney, [[New South Wales]]. Gilroy died on 21 October 1977 in [[Lewisham, New South Wales]], at the age of 81.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gilroy-sir-norman-thomas-10308|title=Gilroy, Sir Norman Thomas (1896–1977)|author=Boland, T. P.|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=[[Australian National University]]|access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgilroy.html Norman Thomas Gilroy] at Catholic-Hierarchy.org {{Australians of the Year}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilroy, Norman Thomas}} [[Category:1896 births]] [[Category:1977 deaths]] [[Category:Australian Roman Catholic archbishops]] [[Category:Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church]] [[Category:Knights and Da