George Pell
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His Eminence George Pell AC |
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| Cardinal, Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy | |
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| Appointed | 24 February 2014 |
| Predecessor | Position established |
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| Ordination | 16 December 1966 by Grégoire-Pierre Agagianian |
| Consecration | 21 May 1987 by Frank Little |
| Created Cardinal | 21 October 2003 by John Paul II |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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8 June 1941 Ballarat, Australia |
| Denomination | Roman Catholicism |
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| Motto |
Nolite Timere Do not be afraid |
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| Reference style | His Eminence |
| Spoken style | Your Eminence or My Lord Cardinal |
| Informal style | Cardinal |
George Pell AC (born 8 June 1941) is an Australian cardinal prelate of the Catholic Church. He serves as the inaugural and current Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy since 2014. He previously served as the eighth Archbishop of Sydney (2001–2014), auxiliary bishop (1987–1996) and archbishop (1996–2001) of the Archdiocese of Melbourne. He was created a cardinal in 2003.
Since Pell's appointment as Archbishop of Melbourne in 1996, he has maintained a high public profile on a wide range of issues, while retaining a strict adherence to Catholic orthodoxy. He is generally regarded as progressive on many social issues but conservative on matters of faith and morals.
Due to his upbringing and service as a priest in Ballarat, followed by his roles as Archbishop of Melbourne then Sydney, Pell was a notable witness at the 2013–2016 Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and the 2013 Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and other Organisations.
Pell was born in Ballarat, Victoria, to George Arthur and Margaret Lillian (née Burke) Pell. His father, a non-practising Anglican whose ancestors were from Leicestershire in England, was a heavyweight boxing champion; his mother was a devout Catholic of Irish descent. During World War II, his father served in the Australian Defence Force. His sister, Margaret, became a violinist with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. As a child, he underwent 24 operations to remove an abscess in his throat.
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