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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Launcelot_Goody > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Launcelot_Goody.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launcelot_Goody > Source revision: 1261395534 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Australian metropolitan bishop}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2011}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Archbishop | honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend Sir | name = Launcelot Goody | honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|post-noms=KBE}} | title = 6th [Roman Catholic Archbishop](/source/Roman_Catholic_Bishop) of Perth | image = | caption = | province = Perth | diocese = [Archdiocese of Perth](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Perth) | see = | enthroned = 18 October 1968 | ended = 26 October 1983 | predecessor = [Redmond Prendiville](/source/Redmond_Prendiville) | successor = [William Foley](/source/William_Foley_(bishop)) | ordination = 20 December 1930 ([Priest](/source/Priesthood_(Catholic_Church))) in Rome{{cite web |url=http://www.bunburycatholic.org.au/past-bishops/bishop-goody.html |title=Bishop Goody |publisher=Diocese of Bunbury |access-date=21 December 2011 }} | consecration = 1 November 1951 ([Bishop](/source/Bishop_(Catholic_Church))){{cite web | url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgoody.html | title=Archbishop Launcelot John Goody | work=The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church | date=20 February 2011 | access-date=21 December 2011}} | cardinal = | rank = | other_post = Bishop of Bunbury (1954–1968) | birth_name = Launcelot John Goody | birth_date = {{birth date|1908|06|05|df=yes}} | birth_place = [London](/source/London), [England](/source/England) | death_date = {{death date and age|1992|05|13|1908|06|05|df=yes}} | death_place = [Perth](/source/Perth), Western Australia | buried = | nationality = [English](/source/England) [Australian](/source/Australians) | religion = [Roman Catholic Church](/source/Roman_Catholic_Church) | residence = | parents = Ernest John Goody and Agnes Goody (nee Buckeridge) | occupation = [Roman Catholic bishop](/source/Roman_Catholic_bishop) | profession = Cleric | alma_mater = | motto = {{lang|la|Consilium custodiat}} (Prudence guard him) | signature = }} '''Launcelot John Goody''' {{post-nominals|post-noms=[KBE](/source/Knight_Commander_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire)}} (5 June 1908 – 13 May 1992), an Australian [metropolitan bishop](/source/metropolitan_bishop), was the sixth [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic) [Archbishop](/source/Archbishop) of [Perth](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Perth), serving from 1968 to 1983. Prior to his election as Archbishop of Perth, Goody served as the inaugural Bishop of [Bunbury](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Bunbury) from 1954 to 1968. ==Early years and background== When Goody was aged eight years, together with his parents he migrated to Australia from England due to his father starting to feel the effects of creeping spinal paralysis. The family arrived in Perth and were met by representatives of Archbishop [Patrick Clune](/source/Patrick_Clune), having converted from [Anglicanism](/source/Anglicanism) to [Catholicism](/source/Catholicism) some years yearlier.{{cite web |url=http://www.cam.org.au/perspectives/from-convert-to-church-leader.html |title=From convert to Church leader |work=Perspectives |publisher=Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne |access-date=22 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110307135056/http://www.cam.org.au/perspectives/from-convert-to-church-leader.html |archive-date=7 March 2011 }} Goody was ordained a priest in Rome by Archbishop [Giuseppe Palica](/source/Giuseppe_Palica) on 20 December 1930 in Rome, aged 22. On 2 August 1951 he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Perth, as well as Titular Bishop of [Abydus](/source/Abydos_(Hellespont)), and was consecrated three months later. His episcopal motto was ''Consilium custodiat''.[http://www.cvgoody.co.uk/Goody-LauncelotJohn-ind02071.htm Launcelot John Goody] ==Bishop and Archbishop== On 12 November 1954, aged 46, he was appointed the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Bunbury, in Western Australia. On 18 October 1968, aged 60, he was appointed Archbishop of Perth, Australia. During his time as a prelate, Goody attended all four sessions of the [Second Vatican Council](/source/Second_Vatican_Council). Retiring on 26 October 1983, Goody was appointed [Archbishop Emeritus](/source/Bishop_Emeritus) of Perth; until his death on 13 May 1992, aged 83. ==Honours== Goody became a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire for service to the Roman Catholic Church as part of the 1977 New Year's Honour List (effective 31 December 1976). He personally received the [accolade](/source/accolade) from [Queen Elizabeth II](/source/Elizabeth_II) during her Silver Jubilee visit to Australia in 1977.{{Cite It's an Honour |ausawardid=1082323|date=31 December 1976 |recipient=GOODY, Launcelot John|award=The Order of the British Empire - Knight Commander (Civil) |postnominal=KBE(C) |citation=In recognition of service to the Roman Catholic Church, particularly as the Archbishop of Perth |accessdate=7 November 2014 }} The L J Goody Bioethics Centre, an agency of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Perth, was founded in 1985 and named in honour of Goody.{{cite web |title=About us |url=http://www.bioethicsperth.org.au/about-us.aspx |publisher=L J Goody Bioethics Centre |access-date=22 December 2011 }} ==References== {{reflist}} ==Further reading== *{{cite book |title=Our cathedral : a history of St Mary's Cathedral, Perth, Western Australia |author=Winship, John A |location=Perth, Western Australia |publisher=Archdiocese of Perth |year=2010 |pages=240 |isbn=9781453755198}} {{s-start}} {{s-rel|ca}} {{succession box | title=1st [Catholic Bishop of Bunbury](/source/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Bunbury)|before=newly erected Diocese |after=[Myles McKeon](/source/Myles_McKeon) | years=1954–1968 }} {{succession box | title=6th [Catholic Archbishop of Perth](/source/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Perth)|before=[Redmond Prendiville](/source/Redmond_Prendiville) |after=[William Foley](/source/William_Foley_(bishop)) | years=1968–1983 }} {{s-end}} {{Roman Catholic Archbishops of Perth}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Goody, Lancelot John}} Category:1908 births Category:1992 deaths Category:Australian Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Category:British emigrants to Australia Category:Participants in the Second Vatican Council Category:Roman Catholic archbishops of Perth Category:20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Australia Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Bunbury --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Launcelot Goody](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launcelot_Goody) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launcelot_Goody?action=history)). 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