Robin Walsh Leamy SM (27 July 1934 – 1 January 2022) was a New Zealand Roman Catholic prelate.
Bob Leamy | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Rarotonga | |
| Diocese | Rarotonga |
| Installed | 1 April 1984 |
| Term ended | 8 November 1996 |
| Predecessor | Denis Browne |
| Successor | Stuart O'Connell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robin Walsh Leamy 27 July 1934 Wellington, New Zealand |
| Died | 1 January 2022 (aged 87) Auckland, New Zealand |
| Motto | Cum Christo vinculum vestrum renovate (Renew your bond with Christ) |
Biography
editBorn in Wellington[1] to Cecil and Hazel Leamy, Leamy was one of five children.[2][3] One of his sisters became a nun (Sister Patricia Leamy, Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary).[4] He was educated by the Brigidine Sisters and later by the Marist Fathers at St Patrick's College in Silverstream.[5] He studied for the priesthood at the Marist Seminary in Greenmeadows, and was ordained on 21 July 1958.[1][5]
Leamy served as Bishop of Rarotonga from 1984 to 1996.[1] He resigned from that See on 8 November 1996 and was appointed Bishop Assistant and Vicar general of Auckland on that same day.[5] He retired from that position in 2009 after 14 years' service.[4]
Leamy died in Auckland on 1 January 2022, at the age of 87.[1][6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Bishop Robin Walsh Leamy, S.M. †". 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Most Rev. Robin Walsh LEAMY". Dominion-Post. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Tributes pour in for Pacific missionary Bishop Robin Leamy". Pacific Media Network. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Bishop Bob Leamy releases his autobiography", Society of Mary website, 6 April 2011; retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ a b c "Bishop Assistant – Bishop Robin Leamy". Catholic Diocese of Auckland. Archived from the original on 20 December 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
- ^ Michael Otto, "Bishop "Bob" was a born Leader", NZ Catholic, 4 February 2002 (Retrieved 6 February 2022)
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