David CreminDavid Cremin (born 22 February 1930 is a Roman Catholic Bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

 Emeritus

Emeritus

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 of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese, located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.Erected in 1842 and directly responsible to the Holy See, the Archdiocese is responsible for the suffragan dioceses of Armidale, Bathurst, Broken Bay, Lismore,...

. He was born in Ballydoorty, County Limerick

County Limerick

It is thought that humans had established themselves in the Lough Gur area of the county as early as 3000 BC, while megalithic remains found at Duntryleague date back further to 3500 BC...

, Ireland

Ireland

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. He was ordained a priest

Priest

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 on 12 June 1955 by John Joseph Scanlan

John Joseph Scanlan

John Joseph Scanlan was the second Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu in the United States.Born in Iniscarra in County Cork, Ireland, Scanlan was ordained a priest on June 22, 1930 for the Archdiocese of San Francisco.On July 8, 1954, Scanlan was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of...

. On 25 October 1973 he was appointed Titular Bishop

Titular bishop

A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.By definition a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop the tradition of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches is that he be ordained for a specific place...

 of Cunga Féichin

Cunga Féichin

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 and Auxiliary Bishop

Auxiliary bishop

An auxiliary bishop, in the Roman Catholic Church, is an additional bishop assigned to a diocese because the diocesan bishop is unable to perform his functions, the diocese is so extensive that it requires more than one bishop to administer, or the diocese is attached to a royal or imperial office...

 of his home diocese. He was ordained a bishop on 19 January 1974. The Principal Consecrator

Consecrator

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 was Cardinal James Darcy Freeman; his Principal Co-Consecrators were James Knox

James Knox

James Robert Knox was a Roman Catholic cardinal and former Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments....

 and Bishop Thomas Cahill. He retired from his post on 22 February 2005.