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Ordained a priest in 1966 and bishop in 1987, he was made a cardinal in 2003. Pell served as the eighth Archbishop of Sydney (2001–2014), the seventh Archbishop of Melbourne (1996–2001) and an auxiliary bishop of Melbourne (1987–1996). He was also an author, columnist and public speaker.
On 26 March 2001, the Holy Father appointed Cardinal Pell the eighth Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney. He was installed as Archbishop at St. Mary’s Cathedral of 10 May 2001, and the following month received the Pallium for the second time at St. Peter’s in Rome on the feast of Sts Peter and Paul.
- A Steady Rise to Influence Within The Church
- A Controversial Figure in The Church
- A High-Profile Conviction Later quashed on Appeal
In 2003, Pope John Paul II appointed Pell to the College of Cardinals, joining just a handful of Australians to have been elevated to Cardinal over the past 150 years. After the death of Pope John Paul II in 2005, Pell travelled to Rome as the only Australian member of the Catholic Church with the right to vote for the new pope. Pell was one of sev...
Pell was the first Catholic leader in Australia to address the sexual abuse scandals that had plagued the Church for decades. He instigated a redress scheme called the Melbourne Response, which offered capped compensation payments of $50,000 to victims of sexual abuse at the hands of clergy. "It's a matter of regret that the Catholic Church has tak...
In 2017, Pell himself was charged with historical sexual assault offences, and returned to Australia from Rome to face trial. He was accused of abusing two choirboys in Melbourne in the 1990s. A jury at his initial trial in 2018 was unable to reach a verdict and was discharged, with a second trial beginning several months later. Later that year, he...
Jun 4, 2024 · George Cardinal Pell, Australian prelate who served as archbishop of Sydney (2001–14) before being named prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy (2014–18). In 2018 he was convicted on multiple counts of historical sexual assault, but his conviction was overturned two years later.
Jun 30, 2024 · The Mass was celebrated by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the deacon of the College of Cardinals, and concelebrated by cardinals and bishops. Cardinal Pell’s private secretary during his years in Rome, Father Joseph Hamilton, and archbishop Georg Gänswein, the longtime secretary of Pope Benedict XVI, also concelebrated. Archbishop Georg ...
Jan 11, 2023 · Cardinal Pell served as both archbishop of Melbourne and Sydney before being elevated to the College of Cardinals by Pope John Paul II in 2003.
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CARDINAL GEORGE PELL was born in Ballarat, on June 8th 1941, and was educated in that city at Loreto Convent and St Patrick’s College. He studied for the priesthood at Corpus Christi College, Werribee, and Propaganda Fide College, Rome, and was ordained a Catholic priest for the Diocese of Ballarat by Cardinal Agagianian in St Peter’s ...
