Statement of Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge
Statement of Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge on the appointment of Right Rev Monsignor Robert McGuckin as Bishop of Toowoomba.
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Right Rev Monsignor Robert McGuckin - Toowoomba Bishop-elect.
Photo: David Tang |
For some time the appointment of a new Bishop of Toowoomba has been a matter of urgency, and I very much welcome the choice of Monsignor Robert McGuckin for the See.
I hope and pray that his coming to the Diocese will bring peace after the recent turbulence. Bishop-elect McGuckin brings much experience and many gifts to the episcopal ministry, and these will equip him well for all that lies ahead.
I look forward to working closely with him to build up the Church in Queensland, and I am sure that the Bishops of the Province and the entire community of the faithful in Toowoomba – clergy, religious and laity – will welcome him as the man chosen and sent by Jesus Christ on this new mission.
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