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We are committed to providing insightful information and aim to ensure that every visit is meaningful and memorable.
News and Events
Bishop Shane Mackinlay chosen as the new Archbishop of Brisbane
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Pope Leo XIV has appointed Sandhurst Bishop Shane Mackinlay as the new archbishop of Brisbane.
“I am deeply honoured by Pope Leo’s decision to appoint me as archbishop of Brisbane – a diocese that has such a strong tradition of fostering the liturgical, spiritual, evangelising and educational endeavours of the Catholic community, both within the archdiocese and more broadly,” Archbishop-elect Mackinlay, 60, said. Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge said for many reasons he welcomed the appointment of Bishop Mackinlay as his successor, where he would be a distinguished addition to the line of archbishops. “Bishop Shane has shown himself an unusually gifted man in his years as priest in Ballarat and Melbourne and as bishop in Bendigo and beyond,” Archbishop Coleridge said. “He has a fine mind and he will bring intellectual firepower to his ministry as archbishop and to public debate in Queensland and Australia. “He will be able to dialogue intelligently with a culture which at many points is distant from Christian understandings. |
“He is also an experienced pastor who knows how to listen and who through his time as Master of Catholic Theological College in Melbourne remained a parish priest near Ballarat.
“As bishop, he has been able both to shepherd the Diocese of Sandhurst and to accept responsibility on the global stage.”
Archbishop-elect Mackinlay was born in Melbourne in 1965 and grew up in Ballarat where he graduated dux of St Patrick’s College in 1982.
He studied for the priesthood at Corpus Christi College and Catholic Theological College and earned a physics degree from Monash University.
Matt Emerick Catholic Leader 18 June 2025
https://catholicleader.com.au/news/sandhurst-bishop-shane-mackinlay-chosen-as-the-new-archbishop-of-brisbane/
“As bishop, he has been able both to shepherd the Diocese of Sandhurst and to accept responsibility on the global stage.”
Archbishop-elect Mackinlay was born in Melbourne in 1965 and grew up in Ballarat where he graduated dux of St Patrick’s College in 1982.
He studied for the priesthood at Corpus Christi College and Catholic Theological College and earned a physics degree from Monash University.
Matt Emerick Catholic Leader 18 June 2025
https://catholicleader.com.au/news/sandhurst-bishop-shane-mackinlay-chosen-as-the-new-archbishop-of-brisbane/
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As you know being a Guide and Welcomer is a wonderfully rewarding and enriching experience. If you know someone who may be interested in joining the Cathedral Guides or Welcomers, they may register their interest by emailing C[email protected] or by completing an Enquiry Form, by clicking on the link below.
The next Training Program commences on Thursday, 7 August 2025.
There is still time to join us.
There is still time to join us.
