predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place title article_title type see term birth_date ordination name church
thomas absolem mccabe philip edward wilson 21 april 2013 leichhardt , new south wales 25px sydney , australia bishop of diocese of wollongong emeritus william edward murray
 bishop diocese of wollongong 1975 - 1996 16 february 1920 21 july 1945 william edward murray roman catholic church
william edward murray

william edward murray am -lrb- 16 february 192021 april 2013 -rrb- was an australian bishop of the roman catholic church .
murray was born in leichhardt and was ordained as a priest on 21 july 1945 in the archdiocese of sydney .
he was appointed bishop of the diocese of wollongong on 5 june 1975 and consecrated on 21 july 1975 .
murray remained with the diocese until his retirement on 12 april 1996 .
he was awarded a member of the order of australia on 26 january 1988 for services to religion .
murray died on 21 april 2013 in a sydney nursing home .
he was 93 .
