Australia

Recent Bishop Events

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
5 May 2009	65.7	Appointed	Leslie Rogers Tomlinson	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne	Bishop of Sandhurst
5 May 2009	65.7	Appointed	Leslie Rogers Tomlinson	Titular Bishop of Sinitis	Bishop of Sandhurst
9 Jun 2009	62.1	Appointed	Terence John Gerard Brady	Apostolic Administrator of Wilcannia-Forbes	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney
9 Jun 2009	57.1	Resigned	Christopher Henry Toohey	Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes	Bishop Emeritus
17 Jun 2009	65.8	Ordained Bishop	Leslie Rogers Tomlinson	Titular Bishop of Sinitis	Bishop of Sandhurst
18 Jun 2009	55.6	Appointed	Christopher Charles Prowse	Bishop of Sale
26 Jun 2009	57.5	Ordained Bishop	Michael Joseph McKenna	Bishop of Bathurst
15 Jul 2009	55.7	Installed	Christopher Charles Prowse	Bishop of Sale
8 Jan 2010	49.8	Appointed	Anthony Colin Fisher, O.P.	Bishop of Parramatta
8 Jan 2010	76.2	Retired	Kevin Michael Manning	Bishop of Parramatta	Bishop Emeritus
3 Mar 2010	76.3	Retired	George Riashi, B.C.	Archbishop of Tripoli del Libano {Tarabulus} (Melkite Greek), Lebanon	Archbishop Emeritus
4 Mar 2010	50.0	Installed	Anthony Colin Fisher, O.P.	Bishop of Parramatta
25 Jun 2010	65.1	Selected	Issam John Darwish (Darwich), B.S.	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
30 Aug 2010	78.8	Died	Patrick Dougherty †	Bishop Emeritus of Bathurst
28 Dec 2010	62.0	Died	Joseph Angelo Grech †	Bishop of Sandhurst
30 Dec 2010	63.7	Resigned	Terence John Gerard Brady	Apostolic Administrator of Wilcannia-Forbes	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney
30 Dec 2010	77.2	Appointed	Kevin Michael Manning	Apostolic Administrator of Wilcannia-Forbes	Bishop Emeritus of Parramatta
Apr 2011	75.0	Retired	Francesco Canalini	Apostolic Nuncio to Switzerland	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
Apr 2011	75.0	Retired	Francesco Canalini	Apostolic Nuncio to Liechtenstein	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Switzerland
4 Apr 2011	71.4	Resigned	Michael John Malone	Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle	Bishop Emeritus
4 Apr 2011	58.4	Appointed	William Joseph Wright	Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle
20 Apr 2011	47.1	Appointed	Peter Andrew Comensoli	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney
20 Apr 2011	47.1	Appointed	Peter Andrew Comensoli	Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney
2 May 2011	72.8	Appointed	Brian Vincent Finnigan	Apostolic Administrator of Toowoomba	Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane
2 May 2011	67.6	Removed	William Martin Morris	Bishop of Toowoomba	Bishop Emeritus
20 May 2011	49.5	Appointed	Vincent Long Van Nguyen, O.F.M. Conv.	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne
20 May 2011	49.5	Appointed	Vincent Long Van Nguyen, O.F.M. Conv.	Titular Bishop of Thala	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne
8 Jun 2011	47.2	Ordained Bishop	Peter Andrew Comensoli	Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Numidia	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney
15 Jun 2011	66.1	Confirmed	Issam John Darwish (Darwich), B.S.	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
	51.3	Appointed	Robert Rabbat	Bishop of Saint Michael’s of Sydney (Melkite Greek)
	58.6	Ordained Bishop	William Joseph Wright	Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle
23 Jun 2011	49.6	Ordained Bishop	Vincent Long Van Nguyen, O.F.M. Conv.	Titular Bishop of Thala	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne
14 Aug 2011	66.3	Installed	Issam John Darwish (Darwich), B.S.	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite Greek), Lebanon
16 Sep 2011	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Robert Rabbat	Bishop of Saint Michael’s of Sydney (Melkite Greek)
14 Nov 2011	75.3	Retired	John Alexius Bathersby	Archbishop of Brisbane	Archbishop Emeritus
14 Nov 2011	74.0	Appointed	Geoffrey Hilton Jarrett	Apostolic Administrator of Brisbane	Bishop of Lismore
7 Dec 2011	43.6	Appointed	Michael Robert Kennedy	Bishop of Armidale
7 Dec 2011	76.6	Retired	Luc Julian Matthys	Bishop of Armidale	Bishop Emeritus
3 Feb 2012	68.4	Appointed	Leslie Rogers Tomlinson	Bishop of Sandhurst
9 Feb 2012	43.7	Ordained Bishop	Michael Robert Kennedy	Bishop of Armidale
1 Mar 2012	68.5	Installed	Leslie Rogers Tomlinson	Bishop of Sandhurst