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He acted as translator, interpreter and guide for both metropolitan and overseas Irish
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became Archbishop of Melbourne
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Santamaria founded the Catholic Social Studies Movement, generally known simply as "the Movement" or Groupers, which recruited Catholic activists to oppose the spread of communism, particularly in the trade unions.
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was assigned the title of becoming cardinal-priest of Santi Quattro Coronati, becoming the first Australian-born member of the College of Cardinals. ... He was the first Roman Catholic cardinal to receive a knighthood since the English Reformation.