Ronald Mulkearns
The Most Reverend Ronald Mulkearns | |
|---|---|
| 6th Roman Catholic Bishop of Ballarat | |
| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Diocese | Ballarat |
| Previous post(s) | Titular Bishop of Cululi |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 22 July 1956 (Priest) |
| Consecration | 1 May 1971 (Bishop) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ronald Austin Mulkearns 11 November 1930 Caulfield, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 3 April 2016 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholicism |
| Occupation | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Profession | Cleric |
Ronald Austin Mulkearns (11 November 1930 – 3 April 2016) was the bishop emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ballarat in Ballarat, Australia, a diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Melbourne. He resigned as bishop on 30 May 1997. The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse found that Mulkearns was "derelict in his duty".