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Michael Tate Obituary: Australian politician, senator (1978-1993) and ... Memorial record summary About this obituary Michael Carter Tate AO (born 6 July 1945) is a legal academic and former Australian Labor Party politician who later became an ambassador and then a Catholic priest. Michael Tate died on June 5, 2026. This memorial record includes life dates, public details, and ways for family, friends, and readers to add memories. Died June 5, 2026 Record basis Wikipedia: Michael Tate Details 122 words · enhanced profile Life and legacy Obituary Michael Tate, 80, died on June 5, 2026. Michael Tate was known publicly as an Australian politician, senator (1978–1993) and and Catholic priest. Michael Carter Tate AO (born 6 July 1945) is a legal academic and former Australian Labor Party politician who later became an ambassador and then a Catholic priest. Public biographical listings identify Tate as an Australian politician. Tate was also associated with senator (1978–1993) and and Catholic priest. The known public details for Tate focus on that professional record and the documented date of death. OfficialObituary preserves this notice as a public memorial record for readers looki…

Farewell to beloved priest Fr Michael Tate AO It is with great sadness that we announce that Fr Michael Tate AO, Parish Priest at South Hobart, died around lunchtime today at Calvary Hospital Lenah Valley. Archbishop Tony Ireland administered the “Last Rites” to Fr Tate not long before he died. “In many ways Fr Michael was one of a kind, gifted intellectually, a powerful communicator, and an extraordinarily generous and faithful pastor who loved his people,” Archbishop Ireland said. Fr Tate had a long and prestigious career in both law and politics before becoming a Catholic priest later in life. He was born on 6 July 1945 in Sydney and educated at St Virgil’s College Hobart. He studied law at the University of Tasmania, graduating with First Class Honours in 1968 and went on to obtain a master’s degree in theology from the University of Oxford in 1971. He lectured in law at the University of Tasmania from 1972 to 1978 and was the Dean of Faculty from 1977 to 1978. In 1977 his political career began when he was elected to the Senate representing Tasmania. He served as the Minister for Justice for the Hawke and Keating governments from 1987 to 1993. In 1994 he was appointed …

The Tasmanian politician who became a parish priest News The Tasmanian politician who became a parish priest By Michael Cook June 15, 2026 Michael Cook Michael Cook is Senior Journalist at The Catholic Weekly and founder of MercatorNet.com Fr Michael Tate. Photo: Nick Osborne/Archdiocese of Hobart. It was a meeting which he never forgot and which he loved retelling. In 1996 Australia’s ambassador to the Holy See, His Excellency the Honourable Michael Tate, met Pope John Paul II in a farewell audience. It was one of many such audiences that day for the Holy Father, Tate recalled, and he looked weary and a bit bored. “Well, Excellency, what is your next assignment?” he asked politely. And the ambassador responded, “Holy Father, actually I am going to study for the priesthood.” Suddenly the pope came alive with a big smile and said in his Polish-accented baritone, “A late vocation!” “No, Holy Father,” Tate responded, “an early vocation long delayed.” Fr Michael Tate AO was ordained to the priesthood in St Mary’s Cathedral in Hobart in May 2000 when he was 54 years old. For the next 26 years he served as a parish priest in Tasmania, far from Canberra, far from the headlines, a life ve…

Federal minister-turned priest Michael Tate farewelled in Hobart Michael Tate — an academic, politician, diplomat and Catholic priest — has been remembered as a generous man whose life was one of "warmth and service to others".

Vale Fr Michael Tate – ACI - Australian Cardijn Institute Once a Labor Senator and Australian ambassador to the Holy See, Fr Michael Tate died in Hobart on 5 June 2026. Born on 6 July 1945, Michael Tate was a great promoter and example of the lay apostolate, who had once been a Catholic student leader in his home state of Tasmania. After graduating as a lawyer and studying theology at Oxford, he turned to politics and was elected to the Senate representing Tasmania in 1977. He served as Minister for Justice in the Hawke and Keating Labor governments from 1987 until 1993. Upon leaving the Senate, he was appointed Australian ambassador to the Netherlands and to the Holy See. But in 1995, he chose to take up studies for the priesthood and was ordained by Archbishop Adrian Doyle on 19 May 2000. Over the next twenty years, he served the diocese in several capacities including as parish priest in Bridgewater, Sandy Bay, Huon Valley, and South Hobart as well as a stint as vicar-general. “We grieve for an outstanding Australian whose life was defined by conviction, faith and service,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a statement. “Michael’s contribution to our nati…

Remembering Australia's ex-minister-turned-Catholic priest Father Michael Tate. (Photo: Archdiocese of Hobart) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese led tributes to Father Michael Tate, a Catholic priest, hailing his remarkable career spanning academia, national politics, and international diplomacy, before he was ordained in his mid-fifties. Tate died in hospital shortly after being administered the Last Rites by his Archbishop Tony Ireland of Hobarton June 5, aged 80. Read the full article onGlobal Catholic. This article is presented by UCA News in association with "Global Catholic." Share your comments In an age when quality journalism is increasingly hidden behind paywalls and drowned in advertising, UCA News remains free — because truth should never come with a price tag. That commitment to freedom and truth has kept us going for almost fifty years, despite financial struggles and political obstacles. Many online publications that started with us have vanished. We are still here. When we launched in 1979, our “newsroom” sent out stories on a few cyclostyled sheets by p…

Former Tasmanian senator and Catholic priest Michael Tate dies at 80 ... Former Tasmanian senator, diplomat and Catholic priest Michael Tate has died at the age of 80, drawing tributes for a life that spanned law, politics, international service and the church. Tate died around lunchtime today at Calvary Hospital in Lenah Valley. Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff praised Tate as a person of remarkable intellect and deep faith. “Father Tate brought intellect, integrity and humanity to every role he held,” Rockliff said. Former Tasmanian senator and Catholic priest Michael Tate died at the age of 80. Image / ABC “He served Tasmania and Australia with distinction in public life, always guided by a deep sense of justice and responsibility.” Born in Sydney on July 6, 1945, Tate was educated at St Virgil’s College in Hobart before graduating with first class honours in law from the University of Tasmania in 1968. Former Tasmanian senator and Catholic priest Michael Tate died at the age of 80 He then studied theology at the University of Oxford, completing a master’s degree in 1971. From 1972 to 1978, he lectured in law at the University of Tasmania and served as dean of the faculty from…