Launcelot John Goody
Launcelot was born on June 5th, 1908. Launcelot's father was
Ernest John Goody and his mother was
Agnes Buckeridge. His paternal grandparents were
Ephraim Benjamin Goody and
Clara Streater. He had a sister named
Kathleen. He was the younger of the two children.
Birth was registered between July-Sept 1908 in Edmonton Registration District.
1911 Census shows that he was 2 years of age, born in Edmonton, Middlesex and living in 60 Stanley Road, Lower Edmonton, Middlesex.
He emigrated to Australia in 1916 on the ship Hobsons Bay which left from Southampton, England and docked in Freemantle, Perth, Western Australia.
He entered the Catholic priesthood. The information below is about his life.
Date of Ordination - 20th December, 1930.
Place of Ordination Basilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome, Italy.
Ordinating Prelate Archbishop Giuseppe Palica.
Ordained for Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Episcopate:
Appointed Titular Bishop of Abydos in Hellesponto and Auxiliary Bishop of Perth
Appointed On 2nd August, 1951
Appointed By Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (Pius XII)
Date of Episcopal Ordination 1st November, 1951
Place of Episcopal Ordination Saint Mary's Cathedral, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Principal Consecrator Bishop Alfred Joseph Gummer
Co-Consecrator 1 Bishop Patrick Francis Lyons
Co-Consecrator 2 Bishop Bernard Denis Stewart
Episcopal Motto Consilium Custodiat (Prudence guard him)
Further Appointments:
Appointed as Archbishop Emeritus of Perth, Western Australia, Australia on 26th October, 1983 by Pope Karol Jozef Wojtyla (John Paul II) .
Appointed as Archbishop of Perth, Western Australia, Australia on 18th October, 1968 by Pope Giovanni Battista Montini (Paul VI) .
Appointed as Bishop of Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia on 12th November, 1954 by Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (Pius XII) .
Further Details
Appointed by Pope Eugenio Maria Giovanni Pacelli (Pius XII) as Bishop of Bunbury, WA, Australia on 12th November, 1954. Appointed by Pope Giovanni Battista Montini (Paul VI) as Archbishop of Perth, WA, Australia on 18th October, 1968. Retired as Archbishop of Perth, WA, Australia on 26th October, 1983.
Occupation Details
Archbishop of Perth, Australia from 1968 to 1983.
He died on 13th May, 1992 in the Chapel of the St. John of God Retirement Village, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia.
Died at the age of 83 on May 13th, 1992.
