Christopher Prowse

Coat of arms of Christopher Prowse as Archbishop of Canberra-Goulburn

Christopher Charles Prowse (born November 14, 1953 in East Melbourne , Victoria , Australia ) is an Australian spiritual and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canberra-Goulburn .

Life

Christopher Prowse was the third of a total of six children to Frank Prowse and his wife Marian, nee. Atkinson, born. He attended St. Francis Xavier Primary School in Box Hill and later St. Leo's College in Box Hill. He then entered the seminary Corpus Christi College and studied at the locations in Werribee (1972) and Clayton (1973-1980) Catholic theology and philosophy . He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Monash University in 1978 and a Bachelor of Theology degree from Melbourne College of Divinity in 1979 . In 1979 he received the diaconate and served as a deacon in the parish of St. John's in Mitcham operates. On August 16, 1980, the Archbishop of Melbourne , Thomas Francis Little , ordained him priestly . Subsequently, he was chaplain in the parish of St. Mary of the Angels in Geelong from 1981 to 1983 and from 1984 to 1985 in the parish of St Monica’s in Moonee Ponds . He was then released for graduate studies and obtained a licentiate in moral theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1987 . From 1988 to 2001 he was a lecturer in moral theology at the Catholic Theological College . In 1993 he returned to Rome for another study visit and was admitted to the Pontifical Lateran University in 1995 after completing a dissertation thesis with the title Racist Attitudes Towards Aboriginal Australians in the Light of Contemporary Catholic Concepts of Social Sin and Conversion that was supervised by the Pontifical Alfonsiana Academy to the Dr. theol. PhD . Since 1996 he has been pastor of the parish of Holy Spirit in East Thornbury in addition to his teaching activities .

In 2001 Archbishop Denis Hart appointed him Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Melbourne and Curiae moderator . He also became a member of the college of consultants . On October 6, 2001, Pope John Paul II awarded him the honorary title of Chaplain to His Holiness ( Monsignor ).

Pope John Paul II appointed him titular bishop of Bahanna and auxiliary bishop in Melbourne on April 4, 2003 . The episcopal ordination donated him the Archbishop of Melbourne, Denis Hart, on May 19 of the same year; Co- consecrators were George Pell , Archbishop of Sydney , and Francesco Canalini , Apostolic Nuncio in Australia .

On June 18, 2009 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him . to the Bishop of Sale . The solemn inauguration ( enthronement ) took place on July 15 of the same year.

Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Canberra-Goulburn on September 12, 2013. The inauguration took place on November 19 of the same year. In addition, on February 27, 2014, Francis appointed him Consultor of the Pontifical Commission for Dialogue with Judaism .

During the Sedis vacancy, which lasted from September 12, 2016 to July 22, 2020, he administered the Wagga Wagga diocese as Apostolic Administrator .

Memberships

• Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (since 2007)

Web links

• Entry to Christopher Prowse on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

1. ^ Nomina di Ausiliare di Melbourne (Australia) , in: Holy See Press Office : Daily Bulletin, April 4, 2003.
2. ^ Nomina del Vescovo di Sale (Australia) , in: Holy See Press Office: Daily Bulletin, June 18, 2009.
3. ^ Nomina dell'Arcivescovo di Canberra and Goulburn (Australia) , in: Holy See Press Office: Daily Bulletin, September 12, 2013.
4. ↑ Conferme e Nomine nel Pontificio Consiglio per la Promozione dell'Unità dei Cristiani , in: Holy See Press Office: Daily Bulletin of February 19, 2014.
5. ^ Rinuncia del Vescovo di Wagga Wagga (Australia) e nomina dell'Amministratore apostolico “sede vacante”. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , September 12, 2016, accessed September 12, 2016 (Italian). 
6. ^ Nomina di Membri del Pontificio Consiglio per il Dialogo Interreligioso , in: Press Office of the Holy See: Daily Bulletin of November 20, 2007.

predecessor	Office	successor
Jeremiah Coffey	Bishop of Sale 2009–2013	Patrick Michael O'Regan
Mark Coleridge	Archbishop of Canberra-Goulburn since 2013	...