{{Short description|Australian archbishop (born 1936)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Archbishop | honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend | name = Barry Hickey | honorific-suffix = OAM KC*HS STL | title = 8th Archbishop of Perth | image = Archbishop Barry Hickey (cropped).jpg | caption = | motto = ''Umbram Fugat Veritas'' <br>("Truth puts the shadows to flight") | province = Perth | diocese = Archdiocese of Perth | see = | enthroned = 27 August 1991<ref name=CH/> | ended = 20 February 2012<ref name=CH/> | predecessor = William Foley | successor = Timothy Costelloe | ordination = 20 December 1958, (priest)<ref name=CH/> in Rome | consecration = 1 May 1984, (bishop)<ref name=CH/> in Geraldton | cardinal = | rank = | other_post = Bishop of Geraldton<br>(1984–1991) | birth_name = Barry James Hickey | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|04|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = Leonora, Western Australia<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhickeyb.html |title=Archbishop Barry James Hickey |work=The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church |date=20 February 2011 |accessdate=21 December 2011 }}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | nationality = Australian | religion = Roman Catholic Church | residence = | parents = | spouse = | children = | occupation = Roman Catholic bishop | profession = Cleric | alma_mater = University of Western Australia<br>Pontifical Urbaniana University, Rome | signature = }} {{infobox bishopstyles | name=Barry Hickey | dipstyle=The Most Reverend | offstyle=Your Grace | relstyle= Emeritus Archbishop | deathstyle=not applicable |}} '''Barry James Hickey''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} {{post-nominals|country=VAT|KC*HS}} <ref name=OAM>{{cite web |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/873008 |title=HICKEY, Barry James |work=It's an Honour |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |date=14 June 1982 |accessdate=21 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072616/http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/honours/honour_roll/search.cfm?aus_award_id=873008&search_type=quick&showInd=true |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> (born 16 April 1936)<ref name=CH/> an Australian metropolitan bishop, was the eighth Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Perth, Western Australia, serving from 1991 until his retirement in 2012.
==Early career== Hickey was ordained as a priest in Rome by Cardinal Paolo Giobbe on 20 December 1958<ref>Reflecting on this some 50 years later in ''I always wanted to be a priest''. Record (Perth, W.A.), 17 Dec 2008, p.10-11.</ref> He attained a Licentiate in Theology from the Pontifical Urbaniana University in 1959 and undergraduate and master's degrees in social work<ref>"The development of Catholic welfare services in Western Australia, 1846–1970" (M. Soc. Wk.)--''University of Western Australia ''</ref> from the University of Western Australia in 1973. He was parish priest of Sacred Heart Parish, Highgate, at the time of his consecration as Bishop of Geraldton in 1984.<ref>{{cite news |title=Barry Hickey – appointed Bishop of Geraldton |work=The West Australian |date=5 April 1984 |page=49 }}</ref>
==Archbishop of Perth== Hickey was installed as Archbishop of Perth on 27 August 1991.<ref>''Barry Hickey – biography of Archbishop Hickey on his installation as Archbishop of Perth'', Sower (Geraldton) Aug. 1991, p. 1.</ref><ref>See also reflections in ''20 years as a successor of the Apostles. Barry Hickey reflects on his 20 years as a Bishop and Archbishop''. The Record (Perth, W.A.), 29 April 2004, p.6-7</ref>
In 1994 he addressed the National Press Club, talking about the release of the new Catholic Catechism.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=Address delivered at the Australian launch of the English edition of the Catechism of the Catholic Church |author=Hickey, Barry |publisher=National Press Club |location=Canberra, Australia |date= 22 June 1994 |type=sound recording }}</ref>
During his tenure as archbishop, Hickey is credited with the significant physical change achieved through the re-building and completion of St Mary's Cathedral, Perth.<ref name="TWA-2011-04-08"/>
On attaining retirement age of 75 years in April 2011, Hickey tendered his resignation as archbishop to Pope Benedict XVI,<ref name="TWA-2011-04-08">{{cite news |url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/9158634/times-up-for-perth-archbishop/ |title=Time's up for Perth Archbishop |author=Rickard, Jayne |author2=Simpson, Gavin |work=The West Australian |date=8 April 2011 |accessdate=21 December 2011 |archive-date=27 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927213001/http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/9158634/times-up-for-perth-archbishop/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.therecord.com.au/site/index.php/Nation/brisbanes-prelate-is-free-to-go |work=The Record |title=Brisbane's prelate is free to go! No word on Perth |author=Rosengren, Peter |date=16 November 2011 |accessdate=21 December 2011 |location=Australia |archive-date=25 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525134753/http://www.therecord.com.au/site/index.php/Nation/brisbanes-prelate-is-free-to-go |url-status=dead }}</ref> which was accepted on 20 February 2012 when Hickey's successor, Timothy Costelloe, was announced.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Archdiocese of Perth |date=17 February 2012 |url=http://www.catholic.org.au/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=1237&Itemid=355|accessdate=21 February 2012 |publisher=Apostolic Nunciature in Australia }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cam.org.au/bishops/bishop-timothy-costelloe-sdb.html|title=Bishop Timothy Costelloe SDB|work=Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne|accessdate=19 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222080155/http://www.cam.org.au/bishops/bishop-timothy-costelloe-sdb.html|archive-date=22 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/pope-appoints-new-head-of-catholic-church-in-wa/story-e6frg13u-1226276378075|title=Pope appoints new head of Catholic Church in WA|author=Cardy, Todd |work=PerthNow|date=20 February 2012|accessdate=19 February 2012}}</ref>
Hickey is Knight Commander with Star and Grand Prior of the Lieutenancy of Australia Western of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eohsjwa.org.au/?page_id=20|title=Archbishop Barry James Hickey KC*HS|work=Order of the Holy Sepulchre|date=15 April 2012|accessdate=15 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125232546/http://www.eohsjwa.org.au/?page_id=20|archive-date=25 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Public stances=== Hickey has challenged secularisation tendencies in the community. As an example, in 2010 he publicly questioned the lack of religious orientation of Julia Gillard, not long after her appointment as Prime Minister of Australia. He claimed that her atheism may cost her votes.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/perths-catholic-archbishop-stirs-fears-about-atheism/story-fn59niix-1225898694268 |title=Perth's Catholic Archbishop stirs fears about atheism |work=The Australian |author=O'Brien, Amanda |date=30 July 2010 |accessdate=21 December 2011 }}</ref>
====Stem cell research==== On 5 June 2007 Hickey made a controversial statement by saying that if the Western Australian members of parliament who identified as Catholic did not oppose the ''Human Reproductive Technology Amendment Bill'', which would allow expansion of stem cell research, then they could be refused Holy Communion or face excommunication as a last resort. Catholic and non-Catholic members of parliament criticised Hickey for this stance. Hickey reportedly said that he did not consider that he had made a threat. He also later said that he would not refuse Communion.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/hickeys-stem-cell-comments-to-be-probed/20072907-h5g.html |title=MPs to probe Archbishop stem cell threat |agency=AAP |work=Brisbane Times|date=7 June 2007 |accessdate=8 June 2007 |location=Australia |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609173739/http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/hickeys-stem-cell-comments-to-be-probed/20072907-h5g.html |archive-date=9 June 2007}}</ref>
{{quote|Catholics who vote for the cloning of embryos destined for destruction are acting against the teaching of the Church on a very serious matter and they should, in conscience, not vote that way, but if they do in conscience they should not go to Communion.}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=145&ContentID=30772 |title=Hickey's stem cell threat to be investigated |agency=AAP |work=The West Australian |date=7 June 2007 |accessdate=8 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014600/http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=145&ContentID=30772 |archive-date=30 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Theological writing== After a holiday in Jerusalem in the mid-2000s Hickey authored a book, ''Living Biblically'', that encouraged a return to the use and reading of the Bible.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.ad2000.com.au/articles/2009/apr2009p18_3024.html |title=Book review: Living Biblically by Archbishop Barry Hickey |author=Gilchrist, Michael |journal=AD2000 |date=April 2009 |volume=22 |number=3 |accessdate=21 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117181601/http://ad2000.com.au/articles/2009/apr2009p18_3024.html |archive-date=17 January 2012}}</ref> Hickey chose the title based on an article in ''The Tablet'' where the author had written about his experience of the charismatic movement in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite book |title=Living Biblically |page=iii }}</ref>
In separate writings, Hickey shows his support and encouragement of the charismatic movement.<ref>{{cite book |author=Russell, Eddie |year=1997 |title=12 steps to divine healing |others= Foreword by Barry James Hickey |location=Subiaco, Western Australia |publisher=Flame Ministries International |isbn=0-646-30706-1 |type=paperback }}</ref>
In February 2024, Hickey published a memoir titled ''My Spirit Land'' regarding his time in the Goldfields in Western Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Brien |first=Jamie |date=2024-02-01 |title=Archbishop Emeritus Hickey launches memoirs inspired by memories, history and experiences |url=https://therecord.com.au/news/local/archbishop-emeritus-hickey-launches-memoirs-inspired-by-memories-history-and-experiences/ |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=The Record |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Honours== Hickey was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 1982 for service to the community.<ref name=OAM/>
In 1998, Pope John Paul II named him Relator Generalis for the Oceania Synod in Rome. The government of Western Australia appointed Hickey to the Homeless Persons' Advisory Committee and the Western Australia Ethnic Affairs Advisory Committee. The Commonwealth government appointed him to the Board of the Institute of Family Studies and as a Member of the Australian Citizenship Council.<ref name="PC-Hickey">{{cite web |title=Archbishop Hickey |url=http://perthcatholic.org.au/about-us/index.cfm?loadref=12 |publisher=Catholic Archdiocese of Perth |year=2008 |accessdate=21 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129004055/http://www.perthcatholic.org.au/about-us/index.cfm?loadref=12 |archive-date=29 January 2012 }}</ref>
==Published works== *{{cite book |year=1983 |title=Couples preparing for marriage |location=Northcote, Victoria |publisher=Desbooks |isbn=0-949824-04-6 }} *{{cite book |year=2008 |title=Living Biblically – How to find answers to life's deepest question in God's Word |publisher=Record Books |location=Leederville, Western Australia |isbn= 978-0-9802868-2-3 |pages=96 }} *''My Spirit Land - Memoirs of Barry J. Hickey.'' SKU: 9780646885759
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{wikiquote|Barry James Hickey}} {{commonscat}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070417233705/http://www.jp2institute.org/admin_hickey.html Profile on the John Paul II Institute website]
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