HURLEY 100iv Special supplement to The Southern Cross, November 4-10, 2015

TheTheSSoutherouthernn CCrossrossThroughout his long life Denis E Hurley had a close relationship with

The Southern Cross, starting with his membership in Mgr Kolbe’s “Children’s Corner” in the 1920s, to his anonymous reports from the Second Vatican Council inthe ’60s, to his serialised memoirs of Vatican II in 2001, to his final published article,

a sparkling Christmas guest editorial only two months before his death.

We thank God for the life of this great Servant in the Vineyard of the Lord, and invoke his intercession for the intentions of The Southern Cross and its readers.

A TIMELINE OF THE LIFE OF DENIS HURLEY

1915 9 NovemberBorn in Cape Town

2004

13 February

27 February 28 February

Died of cardiacarrest at SabonHouse, Durban

Buried in the Lady Chapelof Emmanuel Cathedral,after Requiem Mass atAbsa Stadium, Durban

Civic MemorialService,

Durban CityHall

1932Oblate Novitiate, Cahermoyle, Ireland

1985Brought Supreme Court application which led to first court-ordered release of detainees1986

HonorarymembershipBlack Sash

1931Matriculated at St Charles’College, Pietermaritzburg

1940-43Curate at Emmanuel Cathedral

1946Named Vicar-

Apostolic of Natalwith the rank of

Bishop (ordained March 19, 1947)

1944Superior of St Joseph’sOblate Scholasticate,Pietermaritzburg

1974 Attended Synod of Bishops(and again 1977, 1980, 1985)

1992Retires as Archbishop of Durban.Appointed Parish Priest, Emmanuel Cathedral

1975Elected Chairmann of inter-national Commission on

English in the Liturgy (ICEL)

1984Charged with an offence under SA law for making “false statements”concerning Koevoet atrocities in Namibia (acquitted in February 1985)

11 January

9 October

1951 Appointed Archbishop of Durban

1989Golden Jubilee ofPriestly Ordination

1962-65 Attended Vatican II, elected Member of Commissionfor Priestly Formation and Christian Education

1939Ordained priest in Rome

1952-61President of Southern African CatholicBishops’ Conference

1965-66President of the SA Instituteof Race Relations

1993-98Chancellor of theUniversity of Natal

2002Retired as parish priest of Emmanuel Cathedral

1969-74Member of Congregationfor Divine Worship

1981-87President of Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference

1976 Founded DiakoniaCouncil of Churches

1968 Convened first Catholic Diocesan Synod in South Africa

1997 Golden Jubilee ofEpiscopal Ordination

1999 Diamond Jubilee of Priestly Ordination

12 December