Daniel Mannix was the Catholic archbishop of Melbourne, who celebrated his last Mass on the opening day of Vatican II. He was educated at Sisters of Mercy and Christian Brothers primary schools, and In 1889 continued his scholastic work at Dunboyne Establishment, qualifying for a doctorate of divinity. He soon became a workers hero, denouncing inequality of sacrifice and endorsing the justice of strikes, and eventually became the most revered and the most reviled figure in Australian history.