Douglas Joseph Warren (21 March 1919 – 6 February 2013) was an Australian

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of the

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. At the time of his death at the Southern Cross Village in

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, on 6 February 2013, he was, at the age of 93, the oldest Australian Roman Catholic bishop.Bishop Douglas Warren – Rest in Peace
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, and ordained a priest 20 December 1942 in the Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of the same diocese, as well as titular bishop of Aquae Novae in Numidia, on 16 June 1964. He was ordained a bishop on 27 July 1964 by

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and co-consecrators Bishop Bryan Gallagher of

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and Bishop Bernard Stewart of Sandhurst. He was appointed the diocesan bishop on 26 September 1967 and held the post until his retirement on 30 March 1994.

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Catholic-HierarchyWilcannia-Forbes diocese
20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Australia Roman Catholic bishops of Wilcannia–Forbes Participants in the Second Vatican Council 1919 births 2013 deaths {{Australia-RC-bishop-stub