Bishops, with the priests, Religious, all of you, lay men and women, families, young people and children, who offer a radiant and authentic sign of the Church's vitality. I give thanks to God for being able to celebrate this Beatification right here on Australian soil." The Pontiff ended his homily by saying: "The Pope for today, Cardinal Clancy for tomorrow. Praise be the Lord!" Major work on St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, took place under his episcopacy. In 1999 a substantial new pipe organ was built by Orgues Létourneau Ltée of Montreal, Québec. In the year 2000 the spires of the cathedral were finally completed. During his term as archbishop the neo-Gothic diocesan seminary of St Patrick's at Manly (founded by Cardinal Patrick Moran in 1889) was closed and the heritage listed building leased to an international hospitality school. A new seminary, the Seminary of the Good Shepherd, was opened in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Homebush. Clancy was a fellow of Warrane College, University of New South Wales. Retirement and death Clancy retired as Archbishop of Sydney in 2001 and was succeeded by Archbishop George Pell. In the period from 21 October 2003 (when Pell was made cardinal) until Clancy's own 80th birthday on 13 December 2003, there were three Australian cardinal electors (had a papal conclave become necessary); Clancy, Pell and Edward Cassidy. Clancy's health began to decline after his retirement and he died on 3 August 2014, aged 90, at the Little Sisters of the Poor nursing home in the Sydney suburb of Randwick. Further reading "Edward Bede Clancy", Biography Resource Center Online, Gale Group, 2001. References External links Cardinal Clancy on Catholic hierarchy.org Cardinal Clancy on "What the Cardinals believe" Cardinal Clancy bio on the Sydney Archdiocesan website 1923 births 2014 deaths Roman Catholic archbishops of Sydney Australian people of Irish descent Australian cardinals Companions of the Order of Australia Cardinals created by Pope John Paul II People from the Central Tablelands Australian expatriates in Italy Australian Roman Catholic archbishops