Cardinal George Pell AC (SPC 1949-59)

George Pell AC was born on 8 June 1941 in Ballarat and passed away on 10 January 2023 in Rome, aged 81 years.

George Pell was a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as the inaugural prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy between 2014 and 2019 and was a member of the Council of Cardinal Advisers between 2013 and 2018. Ordained a priest in 1966 and bishop in 1987, he was made a cardinal in 2003. George served as the eighth Archbishop of Sydney (2001–2014), the seventh Archbishop of Melbourne (1996–2001) and an auxiliary bishop of Melbourne (1987–1996).

George was a boarder at St Patrick’s College from 1949 in third grade through to his matriculation in 1959, where he was Head Prefect and College Captain. He was also a member of the Sodality of Our Lady Councillors, Holy Name Society Executive, St Vincent de Paul Society, Cadets and First XVIII Football team.

George Pell, pictured in his third grade class photograph, in 1949.

George Pell, pictured in his matriculation class photograph, in the 1959 College Annual.