Anthony Fisher

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Father Anthony Fisher OP (2003)
Coat of arms as Archbishop of Sydney

Anthony Colin Joseph Fisher OP (born March 10, 1960 in Sydney , Australia ), short: Anthony Fisher , is an Australian religious and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney .

Life

Anthony Fisher first studied history and law at the University of Sydney and then practiced as a lawyer. In 1985 he joined the Congregation of the Dominicans at, studied Catholic theology in Melbourne and received on 14 September 1991, the priestly ordination by Bishop Eusebius John Crawford OP. In 1995 he received his PhD in bioethics from the University of Oxford . From 1995 to 2000 he taught at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne. In 2000 he was founding director of the John Paul II Pontifical Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at the Pontifical Lateran University ; he has held the chair for bioethics and morals since 2000. He is also the Associate Chancellor of the Catholic Institute of Sydney .

On 16 July 2003 appointed him Pope John Paul II. To the titular of Buruni and Auxiliary Bishop in Sydney. The episcopal ordination donated him on September 3, 2003 George Pell , as the then Archbishop of Sydney; Co- consecrators were Edward Bede Cardinal Clancy , Archbishop Emeritus of Sydney, and Bernard Cyril O'Grady OP, Bishop of Gizo .

On January 8, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him . to the bishop of Parramatta . On September 18, 2014, Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Sydney. The inauguration took place on November 12 of the same year.

Anthony Fisher was named Grand Officer of the Papal Laity Order in 2015 by Edwin Frederick Cardinal O'Brien , Cardinal Grand Master of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem . He was also appointed Grand Prior of the Lieutenancy of New South Wales in Australia, succeeding George Cardinal Pell .

Pope Francis appointed him a member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on May 6, 2015 .

Act

Fisher published several books on bioethics and morals. He is a bioethical advisor to Sydney's Cardinal George Pell and is involved in the dispute over the abortion drug RU486 in Australia. In addition to other duties in the Order and the Archdiocese, he is a full member of the Pontifical Academy for Life , chaplain of the parliament in the state of Victoria and a member of the Order of Malta . He was co-coordinator of World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nomina del Vescovo di Parramatta (Australia). In: Bollettino. Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, January 8, 2010, accessed September 25, 2014 (Italian).
  2. ^ Nomina dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Sydney (Australia). In: Bollettino. Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, September 18, 2014, accessed September 25, 2014 (Italian).
  3. ↑ Lieutenant's Newsletter Easter 2015 , April 11, 2015 (English)
  4. ^ Nomina di Membri della Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , May 6, 2015, accessed May 6, 2015 (Italian).
  5. ↑ "dispute over RU486 in Australia" , The Daily Mail , February 7, 2006
  6. ^ Nomina di Membri Ordinari della Pontificia Accademia per la Vita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, June 13, 2017, accessed June 13, 2017 (Italian).
predecessor Office successor
Kevin Michael Manning Bishop of Parramatta
2010–2014 		Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv
George Cardinal Pell Archbishop of Sydney
since 2014 		---
George Cardinal Pell Croix de l Ordre du Saint-Sepulcre.svg Grand Prior of the Australian Lieutenancy of New South Wales of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem
since 2015 		---
personal data
SURNAME Fisher, Anthony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fisher, Anthony Colin Joseph (full name); Fisher OP, Anthony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian religious, Roman Catholic Archbishop in Sydney
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney , Australia