Matthew Beovich
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The Most Reverend Matthew Beovich |
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| Archbishop of Adelaide | |
Beovich in 1950
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| Archdiocese | Adelaide |
| Installed | April 7, 1940 |
| Term ended | May 1, 1971 |
| Predecessor | Andrew Killian |
| Successor | James William Gleeson |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | December 23, 1922 |
| Consecration | April 7, 1940 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 1, 1896 Carlton, Victoria |
| Died | October 24, 1981 (aged 85) Adelaide, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
Matthew Beovich (April 1, 1896 - October 24, 1981) was an Australian Roman Catholic clergyman, and the fifthArchbishop of Adelaide.
Matthew Beovich was born on April 1, 1896 in Carlton, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. Matthew was the second of the four children of Mate (or Matta) Beovich, a fruiterer born in Croatia, and Elizabeth, née Kenny, who was born in Bendigo, Victoria. He began his schooling at St George's School, Carlton before moving on to St. Joseph's Christian Brothers' College, North Melbourne as a full-time student between 1909 and 1912 when he passed the Senior Public Service examination. His contemporaries at the same school were Nick McKenna and Arthur Calwell, with whom he remained friends his whole life. From 1912 until 1917, Beovich worked as a clerk in the Melbourne General Post Office, studying part-time and matriculating in 1913. He was to return to his old school on many occasions whenever his business brought him to Melbourne.
In August 1917, Beovich left Melbourne for Rome to study for the priesthood. For the next four years, he attended the Pontifical Urban College of Propaganda, receiving prizes in physics, church history and sacramental theology. His thesis for his Doctorate of Divinity was a defence of the Catholic sacrament of confession. On August 6, 1922, Beovich was ordained as a deacon, and on December 22 of the same year, he was ordained a priest in the Basilica of St. John Lateran. After exploring Europe, he returned to Melbourne in October 1923.
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