Adrian Leo Doyle AM (born 16 November 1936) is an Australian

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of the

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. He was the tenth Archbishop of Hobart.

Early life and education

Adrian Doyle was born in Hobart,

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, to Leo and Gertrude (née O'Donnell) Doyle. He attended St. Mary's College in Hobart, Sacred Heart College in New Town, and St. Virgil's College in Hobart before entering Corpus Christi College in

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, in March 1955. He studied at the '' Collegio Propaganda Fide'' in

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, where he was

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as a

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on 20 December 1961. He later earned a doctorate in canon law from the

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in 1965.

Priestly ministry

Doyle served on the Marriage Tribunal for the Hobart Archdiocese (1966–1998) He has been a judge on the Appeal Tribunal, President of the Canon Law Society of Australia and New Zealand, assistant priest at

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, Bellerive, and St Mary's Cathedral, and parish priest at Sandy Bay- Taroona (1974–1990). He was chaplain to the

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community in Hobart from (1973–1998), director of Renew (1990–1992),

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of the southern region (1982–1989), chancellor of the Archdiocese (1988–1996), and

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of the Archdiocese (1996–1998).

Archbishop of Hobart

On 10 November 1997, Doyle was appointed

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of Hobart by

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. He received his

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on 6 February 1998 from Archbishop Eric D'Arcy. He later succeeded Archbishop D'Arcy as the tenth Archbishop of Hobart upon the latter's resignation on 26 July 1999. Doyle has worked on the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC), and on 26 January 2009 became a

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for his service to the Catholic Church in Australia and to the community, particularly as Archbishop of Hobart and through Caritas programs supporting international aid to developing countries.

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