Mgr McGuckin appointed Bishop of Toowoomba
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Bishop Anthony presenting Right Rev Monsignor Robert McGuckin VG EV with his Prelate of Honour of His Holiness in 2011. The Holy Father has appointed Mgr McGuckin as Bishop of Toowoomba.
Photo: Alphonsus Fok & Grace Lu |
Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Catholic Diocese of Parramatta Vicar General Right Rev Monsignor Robert McGuckin VG EV as the sixth Bishop of Toowoomba.
Mgr McGuckin’s Episcopal Ordination will be celebrated in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Toowoomba, on Wednesday 11 July.
Mgr McGuckin has served as the Catholic Diocese of Parramatta’s Vicar General & Moderator of the Curia since 1997.
Bishop of Parramatta, Most Rev Anthony Fisher OP, said he was confident the priests and people of the Diocese will share his delight in Mgr McGuckin’s appointment.
“He has worked tirelessly for the bishops, priests, religious and people of the Diocese of Parramatta and we are very sad to see him go,” Bishop Anthony said.
“I trust that Bishop McGuckin will be warmly welcomed in Toowoomba and will serve his new diocese with equal distinction.”
Read Bishop Anthony’s statement on Mgr McGuckin’s appointment
‘Building upon the good work of my predecessors’
“I’m honoured and humbled to be appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as Bishop of Toowoomba,” Mgr McGuckin said in a preliminary statement.
“I ask for your prayers as together we strive to fulfil the mission entrusted us in building up the Kingdom of God.”
Read Mgr McGuckin’s preliminary statement
‘A great friend and supporter of CatholicCare Social Services’
CatholicCare Social Services - Diocese of Parramatta (CCSS) Executive Director Otto Henfling has thanked Toowoomba Bishop-elect Robert McGuckin for his years of support as CCSS Council Chair and Episcopal Vicar for Health and Welfare.
“I am delighted for Mgr McGuckin and the church in Toowoomba, but saddened that our own Diocese will lose a great priest and tireless worker,” Mr Henfling said.
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Related:
Apostolic Nunciature Announcement
Read Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba Apostolic Administrator Bishop Brian V Finnigan’s statement on Mgr McGuckin’s appointment
Read statement of Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart
Read statement of Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge
Photo Gallery: Mgr McGuckin
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Local coverage: New Toowoomba bishop in town
Padre Pio: praying for wisdom
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| Homily of Most Rev Anthony Fisher OP for the 5th Sunday of Easter 2012 at Padre Pio Glenmore Park Parish. |
The Bishop of Parramatta, Most Rev Anthony Fisher OP, has made a pastoral visit to Padre Pio Glenmore Park Parish on the weekend of 5-6 May, following the departure of the Parish Priest, Fr Kevin Lee.
“As your bishop when I heard the news my heart broke for you; as your brother in Christ my heart broke with you,” Bishop Anthony said during his Homily at Padre Pio for the 5th Sunday of Easter.
“I’ve been praying for wisdom on how to help all of us through this.”
Read Bishop Anthony's Homily in full
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Go to Padre Pio Glenmore Park Parish Pastoral Visit Photo Gallery
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CCSS counselling for Parishioners
CatholicCare Social Services - Diocese of Parramatta (CCSS) is available to anyone from Padre Pio Glenmore Park Parish wishing to speak to its counsellors about the recent news about Fr Kevin Lee.
CCSS provides confidential and professional counselling services by telephone or in a variety of convenient locations including Penrith, Emerton, Blacktown and Parramatta. CCSS can also arrange appointments to Glenmore Park if required.
Phone 02 9933 0233.
An invitation to WYD13 from Bishop Anthony
An invitation to World Youth Day (WYD) Rio de Janeiro 2013 from the Bishop of Parramatta, Most Rev Anthony Fisher OP.
For details of Parramatta's WYD13 pilgrimage packages and all the latest on WYD13, visit Catholic Youth Parramatta's http://www.parrawyd.org/
Related:
Video News: Bishop Anthony launches Parramatta to Rio WYD13 Pilgrimage
Bishop Anthony's Palm Sunday Youth Mass Homily
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