Virgil Patrick Copas
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Archbishop Virgil Patrick Copas, MSC was archbishop of Kerema and Port Moresby, both in Papua New Guinea.
He was born on 19 March 1915 in Toowoomba and on 23 July 1944, aged 29, he was ordained as Priest of the Order of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus by Archbishop James Duhig.
On 19 December 1959 he was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea and on 15 November 1966 he was appointed Archbishop of Port Moresby. On 19 December 1975, aged 60, he resigned as Archbishop of Port Moresby, but was appointed Archbishop (Personal Title) of Kerema, Papua New Guinea six months later. He resigned this position on 6 December 1988 and died on 3 October 1993, aged 78.
He was a priest for 49 years and a bishop for 33 years.
