Recent Events

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

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

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)

Archbishop Luigi Barbarito, Apostolic Nuncio emeritus to Great Britain, passed away at 94

Fr. Gregory Homeming, O.C.D. was consecrated as Bishop of Lismore (Australia)

Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto resigned as President of Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arabic Regions

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

Fr. Gregory Homeming, O.C.D. was elected Bishop of Lismore (Australia)

Bishop Geoffrey Hilton Jarrett resigned as Bishop of Lismore (Australia)

Bishop Gerard Joseph Hanna resigned as Bishop of Wagga Wagga (Australia)

Msgr. Anthony Randazzo was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Quiza and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

Fr. Richard James Umbers was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Thala and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto, Apostolic Nuncio to Israel, Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine and Apostolic Nuncio to Cyprus, was appointed as President of Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arabic Regions

Msgr. Anthony Randazzo was elected Titular Bishop of Quiza and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

Fr. Richard James Umbers was elected Titular Bishop of Thala and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia)

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

Bishop Vincent Nguyễn Văn Long, O.F.M. Conv., Titular Bishop of Thala and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Parramatta (Australia)

Archbishop Philip Edward Wilson resigned as Vice-President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Bishop Myles McKeon, Bishop emeritus of Bunbury (Australia), passed away at 97

Bishop John Steven Satterthwaite, Bishop emeritus of Lismore (Australia), passed away at 87

Bishop Ronald Austin Mulkearns, Bishop emeritus of Ballarat (Australia), passed away at 85

Bishop Raymond Conway Benjamin, Bishop emeritus of Townsville (Australia), passed away at 91

Bishop Brian Vincent Finnigan resigned as Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane (Australia)

Fr. Patrick Michael O’Regan was consecrated as Bishop of Sale (Australia)

Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana (易福霖), Apostolic Nuncio to Democratic Republic of Congo, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Australia

Archbishop Djibrail Kassab resigned as Archbishop-Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney of the Chaldeans (Australia)

Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona, Archbishop of Mossul of the Chaldeans (Iraq), was appointed as Archbishop-Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney of the Chaldeans (Australia)

Msgr. Terence Robert Curtin was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

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

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

Fr. Patrick Michael O’Regan was elected Bishop of Sale (Australia)

Bishop Peter Andrew Comensoli, Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia), was appointed as Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia)

Bishop Jeremiah Joseph Coffey, Bishop emeritus of Sale (Australia), passed away at 81

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Apostolic Nuncio to Australia, was appointed as Secretary for Relations with States of Secretariat of State and Secretary of Interdicasterial Commission for the Church in Eastern Europe

Msgr. Terence Robert Curtin was elected Titular Bishop of Cabarsussi and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Fr. Mark Stuart Edwards, O.M.I. was elected Titular Bishop of Garba and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Sr. Suzanne Phillips, F.M.M. resigned as Superior General of Franciscan Missionaries of Mary

Bishop Anthony Colin Fisher, O.P., Bishop of Parramatta (Australia), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia)

Bishop Edmund John Patrick Collins, M.S.C., Bishop emeritus of Darwin (Australia), passed away at 83

Cardinal Edward Bede Clancy, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Vallicella and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sydney (Australia), passed away at 90

Bishop John Jobst, S.A.C., Bishop emeritus of Broome (Australia), passed away at 94

Fr. Columba Macbeth Green, O.S.P.P.E. was consecrated as Bishop of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia)

Fr. Michael Fabian McCarthy was consecrated as Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia)

Bishop Robert McGuckin, Bishop of Toowoomba (Australia), was appointed as Vice-President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania

Fr. Columba Macbeth Green, O.S.P.P.E. was elected Bishop of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia)

Bishop Michael Ernest Putney, Bishop of Townsville (Australia), passed away at 67

Msgr. Brian Edwin Ferme was appointed as Prelate Secretary of Council for the Economy

Fr. Michael Fabian McCarthy was elected Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia)

Cardinal George Pell, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia), President of “Vox Clara” Committee, Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See and Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia, was appointed as Prefect of Secretariat for the Economy

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

Diocese of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne (Syro-Malabar Rite) was established (Australia)

Bishop Bosco Puthur, Titular Bishop of Foratiana and Bishop of Curia of the Syro-Malabars, was appointed as Bishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne of the Syro-Malabars (Australia) and Apostolic Visitor in New Zealand of the Syro-Malabars

Bishop David Louis Walker resigned as Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia)

Bishop Anthony Joseph Burgess, Bishop emeritus of Wewak (Papua New Guinea), passed away at 75