Archbishop Denis Hart

  • Fr Ken Howell appointed an Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane

    The Holy Father has appointed Fr Kenneth Michael Howell as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Brisbane. The announcement was made at noon Rome time on 28 March 2017. The Auxiliary Bishop-Elect will serve alongside the Archbishop of Brisbane, Most Rev Mark Coleridge. On behalf of the Australian...
  • Pope Francis appoints Fr Timothy Harris, 6th Bishop of Townsville

    On 8 February 2017, the Holy Father appointed Fr Timothy Harris, a priest of the Archdiocese of Brisbane, as the sixth Bishop of Townsville. Bishop-Elect Harris is currently the Parish Priest of Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast. Speaking about his new appointment, Bishop-Elect Harris said, ‘I’m very conscious...
  • Invitation to the Year of Youth 2018

    The Year of Youth celebrates 10 years since World Youth Day was hosted in Sydney during 2008. It will focus on the theme, ‘Open New Horizons for Spreading Joy: Young People, Faith and Vocational Discernment’. The emphasis is on local discussion and dialogue in parishes, schools, youth groups and dioceses....
  • Parliament right to ditch cuts to benefits for disadvantaged

    The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has welcomed the Federal Parliament’s decision to change plans to cut the energy supplement to welfare recipients. Plans to place the burden of budget repair on those who can least afford it were wrong morally and economically. The President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference,...
  • Melbourne farewells Bishop Vincent Long

    Posted on 3 June 2016 By Catherine Sheehan, Media and Communications Office, Archdiocese of Melbourne. On Wednesday 1 June 2016, Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv was farewelled from the Archdiocese of Melbourne with a mixture of sadness and joy, after serving as Auxiliary Bishop to the Western...
  • Bishops want Catholics singing from the same hymn book

    Posted on 12 April 2016 The Bishops of Australia launched a new liturgical worship book at the Catholic Leadership Centre in Melbourne on 8 April 2016, 30 years since the last edition was published. The Catholic Worship Book II hits all the right notes with a broad range of...