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Bishop Andrew Tynan was appointed bishop at thirty-eight (then the youngest member of the Australian hierarchy) on 21st March 1946 and died suddenly at fifty-two on 3rd June 1960 in London.
Bishop Tynan was born in Brisbane on 25th November 1907 and attended school at Gregory Terrace, Brisbane, St Patrick’s College, Goulburn, NSW and St Ignatius’ College, Riverview, Sydney. He studied for the priesthood at St Columba’s College, Springwood, NSW, St Patrick’s, Manly and the Irish College, Rome. He was ordained at St John Lateran’s Basilica, Rome on 21st March 1931 as a priest for the Archdiocese of Brisbane.
Returning to Australia at the end of the same year, his first appointment was as assistant at Ipswich. After five years he was transferred to the parish of Hendra, and in 1937 joined the staff of St Stephen’s Cathedral in Brisbane. In 1938 in Brisbane, he became Director for the Propagation of the Faith and first diocesan chaplain of the Young Christian Workers movement. Andrew Gerard Tynan, sixth Bishop of Rockhampton, was firmly committed to the social teachings of the church, a promoter and defender of Catholic Action and a staunch supporter of the church’s role in society.
The first Queenslander to be appointed a bishop, great progress was made during his fourteen years in Rockhampton. During Bishop Tynan’s episcopate, there was steady growth of the diocese, new parishes were established and the numbers of priests and religious increased.
Bishop Tynan died in London on his way to Rome on an ad limina visit. His body was brought back to Rockhampton for burial. |
