Bishop James Darcy Freeman, born in Sydney in 1907, succeeded Bishop Doody in 1968. He was Bishop for only three years, and celebrated a spectacular diocesan centenary in 1969. He returned to Sydney in 1971 as Archbishop and was made a Cardinal in 1973. He participated in elections for Popes John Paul I and John Paul II in 1978, retired in 1983, and died in 1991 at aged 83.