Recent Events

Archbishop Philip Edward Wilson, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Adelaide (Australia), passed away at 70

Bishop Geoffrey James Robinson, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Sydney (Australia), passed away at 83

Msgr. Gregory Charles Bennet was consecrated as Bishop of Sale (Australia)

Msgr. Paul Boyers was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Broome (Australia)

Fr. Karol Kulczycki, S.D.S., was consecrated as Bishop of Port Pirie (Australia)

Fr. Karol Kulczycki, S.D.S., was elected Bishop of Port Pirie (Australia)

Bishop Gregory O’Kelly, S.J., resigned as Bishop of Port Pirie (Australia)

Msgr. Gregory Charles Bennet was elected Bishop of Sale (Australia)

Fr. Mykola Bychok, C.SS.R., was consecrated as Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians (Australia)

Bishop Desmond Charles Moore, M.S.C., Bishop emeritus of Alotau–Sideia (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 94

Bishop Mark Stuart Edwards, O.M.I., Titular Bishop of Garba and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Wagga Wagga (Australia)

Archbishop Christopher Charles Prowse resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Wagga Wagga (Australia)

Bishop Gregory O’Kelly, S.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Adelaide (Australia)

Bishop Patrick Michael O’Regan, Bishop of Sale (Australia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Adelaide (Australia)

Archbishop John Alexius Bathersby, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Brisbane (Australia), passed away at 83

Fr. Mykola Bychok, C.SS.R., was elected Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians (Australia)

Bishop Peter Stasiuk, C.SS.R., resigned as Bishop of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne of the Ukrainians (Australia)

Fr. Shane Mackinlay was consecrated as Bishop of Sandhurst (Australia)

Bishop Anthony Randazzo, Titular Bishop of Quiza and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia)

Sr. Susan Flood, O.S.U., was appointed as Prioress General of Order of St. Ursula of the Roman Union (Ursuline Sisters)

Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto resigned as Assessor of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

Fr. Shane Mackinlay was elected Bishop of Sandhurst (Australia)

Bishop Leslie Rogers Tomlinson resigned as Bishop of Sandhurst (Australia)

Msgr. Harry Entwistle resigned as Ordinary of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia)

Msgr. Carl Leonard Reid was appointed as Ordinary of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia)

Cardinal George Pell resigned as Prefect of Secretariat for the Economy

Bishop Peter John Elliott resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Cardinal George Pell resigned as Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia

Fr. Charles Victor Emmanuel Gauci was consecrated as Bishop of Darwin (Australia)

Fr. Kevin O’Neill, S.S.C.M.E., resigned as Superior General of Missionary Society of Saint Columban (Columban Missionaries)

Archbishop Philip Edward Wilson resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Adelaide (Australia)

Bishop Peter Andrew Comensoli, Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Archbishop Denis James Hart resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Fr. Charles Victor Emmanuel Gauci was elected Bishop of Darwin (Australia)

Bishop Daniel Eugene Hurley resigned as Bishop of Darwin (Australia)

Bishop Gregory O’Kelly, S.J., Bishop of Port Pirie (Australia), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Adelaide (Australia)

Archbishop Leonard Anthony Faulkner, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Adelaide (Australia), passed away at 91

Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge, Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia) and Vice-President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, was appointed as President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Archbishop Anthony Colin Fisher, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia), was appointed as Vice-President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Archbishop Denis James Hart resigned as President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Br. Mark Edward Hilton, S.C., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of the Sacred Heart

Bishop Robert Michael McGuckin resigned as Vice-President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania

Msgr. Brian Mascord was consecrated as Bishop of Wollongong (Australia)

Prof. Neville John Owen was appointed as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Cardinal George Pell resigned as President of “Vox Clara” Committee

Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto was appointed as Assessor of Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

Ms. Kathleen McCormack resigned as Member of Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors

Bishop John Joseph Gerry, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Brisbane (Australia), passed away at 90

Bishop Peter William Ingham resigned as Bishop of Wollongong (Australia)

Msgr. Brian Mascord was elected Bishop of Wollongong (Australia)

Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Israel, Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine and Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus

Fr. Christopher Jamison, E.B.C., was appointed as President of English Benedictine Congregation

Fr. Michael Henry Morrissey was consecrated as Bishop of Geraldton (Australia)

Archbishop Basile Georges Casmoussa, Bishop of Curia of the Syriacs and Apostolic Visitator in Western Europe of the Syriacs, was appointed as Apostolic Visitator in Australia of the Syriacs

Fr. Kenneth Michael Howell was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Thamugadi and Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane (Australia)

Bishop Justin Joseph Bianchini resigned as Bishop of Geraldton (Australia)

Fr. Michael Henry Morrissey was elected Bishop of Geraldton (Australia)

Archbishop Brian James Barnes, O.F.M., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 84

Fr. Timothy James Harris was consecrated as Bishop of Townsville (Australia)

Fr. Kenneth Michael Howell was elected Titular Bishop of Thamugadi and Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane (Australia)

Bishop Joseph John Oudeman, O.F.M. Cap., resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane (Australia)