Daniel Mannix

Statue of Daniel Mannix outside St Patricks Cathedral, Melbourne

Daniel Mannix (4 March 1864 – 6 November 1963) was an Irish prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Melbourne.

Quotes

• I think that when a man becomes a bishop he doesn't cease to be a citizen and as a citizen every responsible man has right make up his own mind and his own conscience and to follow it and I think also that wise people would believe that everybody being free to to ventilate his own view, whether they like them or not, well, that's the real freedom of democracy.
  • Interview with Archbishop Mannix (1962) Australian Screen

Quotes about Daniel Mannix

• The blows never really stopped from the right or the left, but he continued on because for Daniel Mannix the spiritual and the practical missions were connected the why and the how they informed each other and they enriched each other. Now Daniel Mannix was one of a kind and during the Labor split I couldn't say his role was a good one, there might be others in the audience who disagreed, but there's so much that we can learn from his long life.
  • Tanya Plibersek, The 38th Annual Archbishop Daniel Mannix Lecture (23 March 2022) Newman College University of Melbourne