Early Life and Ordination
Clancy was born in Lithgow, New South Wales on 13 December 1923. He has stated that he wanted to be a priest from an early age and that he celebrated his first Mass while still a child, to the amusement of his brother and sisters. After completing his studies at Marist Brothers College, Parramatta, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1949, the same year as Australian Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy.
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