The Fourth Archbishop of the Metropolitan See of Melbourne, Monsignor Justin Daniel Simonds was born on May 22, 1890, at Stonehenge, near Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia, as the youngest of six children of Irish-born parents Peter Simonds and his wife Kate, née Troy, both schoolteachers. Having suffered in his last months, a series of strokes, he spent most of his year as a patient in the Mercy Hospital, East Melbourne. His resignation as Archbishop was announced on May 13, 1967. Appointed Archbishop of the Titular See of Libertina, he was succeeded by Monsignor James Knox. Simonds died on November 3, that year at the Mercy, aged 77, and was buried in the crypt of St. Patrick's Cathedral.
The Fourth Archbishop of the Metropolitan See of Melbourne, Monsignor Justin Daniel Simonds was born on May 22, 1890, at Stonehenge, near Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia, as the youngest of six children of Irish-born parents Peter Simonds and his wife Kate, née Troy, both schoolteachers. Having suffered in his last months, a series of strokes, he spent most of his year as a patient in the Mercy Hospital, East Melbourne. His resignation as Archbishop was announced on May 13, 1967. Appointed Archbishop of the Titular See of Libertina, he was succeeded by Monsignor James Knox. Simonds died on November 3, that year at the Mercy, aged 77, and was buried in the crypt of St. Patrick's Cathedral.
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