Skip to content
The Catholic Leader
  • Home
  • News
    • QLD
    • Australia
    • Regional
    • Education
    • World
    • Vatican
  • Features
  • Opinion
  • Life
    • Family
    • Relationships
    • Faith
  • Culture
  • People
  • Subscribe
  • Jobs
  • Contribute
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • QLD
    • Australia
    • Regional
    • Education
    • World
    • Vatican
  • Features
  • Opinion
  • Life
    • Family
    • Relationships
    • Faith
  • Culture
  • People
  • Subscribe
  • Jobs
  • Contribute
No Result
View All Result
The Catholic Leader
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Brisbane priest now 10th Bishop of Rockhampton

byZenit
4 June 2014
Reading Time: 1 min read
AA

Ministry begins: Bishop Michael McCarthy acknowledges members of the congregation as he processes from the Mass of his episcopal ordination.

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Ministry begins: Bishop Michael McCarthy acknowledges members of the congregation as he processes from the Mass of his episcopal ordination.
Ministry begins: Bishop Michael McCarthy acknowledges members of the congregation as he processes from the Mass of his episcopal ordination.

By Emilie Ng

ROCKHAMPTON diocese welcomed a former Brisbane priest as its 10th bishop at an episcopal ordination Mass at St Joseph’s Cathedral on Thursday, May 29.

Bishop Michael McCarthy was ordained a bishop by Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge as family, close friends and Catholics from throughout Brisbane, Rockhampton and parts of Australia watched on.

Apostolic nuncio Archbishop Paul Gallagher and Rockhampton emeritus Bishop Brian Heenan were among the co-ordaining bishops, eight of whom were from Queensland.

Bishop Lucius Ugorji of Umuahia, Nigeria, who has been visiting the Nigerian priests now serving in Brisbane, was also one of the co-ordaining bishops.

Pope Francis appointed Bishop McCarthy as the new shepherd for Rockhampton in March, for him to succeed Bishop Heenan.

The news was a surprise for many in Brisbane and Australia, especially for Bishop McCarthy who said it was “very humbling” that the Holy Father appointed him.

In his first address as Bishop of Rockhampton, Bishop McCarthy invited the congregation to pray with him to the Holy Spirit for guidance in his new ministry.

“First I’d ask you to pray for me, and ask your blessing upon my ministry as Bishop of Rockhampton,” he said.

Archbishop Coleridge shared pastoral wisdom about being a bishop, and said at times “much of what a bishop does is ordinary”.

Related Stories

All Catholics invited to pray rosary for peace with Pope Francis next Tuesday

Gunmen kidnap two Catholic priests in Nigeria

Ethiopian cardinal brings sense of gratitude to Australia

But he said that amidst the ordinary tasks, a bishop “has to be a man who again and again discovers the extraordinary at the heart of the ordinary and who therefore can say, ‘It is the Lord’”.

ShareTweet
Previous Post

Ray’s asbestosis fight ends

Next Post

175 years of faithful dedication

Zenit

Related Posts

Vatican

All Catholics invited to pray rosary for peace with Pope Francis next Tuesday

27 May 2022
Gunmen kidnap two Catholic priests in Nigeria
World

Gunmen kidnap two Catholic priests in Nigeria

27 May 2022
Ethiopian cardinal brings sense of gratitude to Australia
Australia

Ethiopian cardinal brings sense of gratitude to Australia

26 May 2022
Next Post

175 years of faithful dedication

school

Catholic sector welcomes increased State Government investment in education

Coalition asylum policy ‘appalling’

Popular News

  • Blessed Sacrament desecrated in robbery of sacred vessels at Canberra church

    Blessed Sacrament desecrated in robbery of sacred vessels at Canberra church

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Christian Brothers’ community mourn the passing of Brother Tony White

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • All Catholics invited to pray rosary for peace with Pope Francis next Tuesday

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Abdallah family launch forgiveness campaign one year on from crash that killed four children

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Br Alan Moss remembered for a life of faith and learning

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
Search our job finder
No Result
View All Result

Latest News

Vatican

All Catholics invited to pray rosary for peace with Pope Francis next Tuesday

by Staff writers
27 May 2022
0

By Catholic News Agency THE Vatican is inviting Catholics to join Pope Francis in praying the rosary...

Gunmen kidnap two Catholic priests in Nigeria

Gunmen kidnap two Catholic priests in Nigeria

27 May 2022
Ethiopian cardinal brings sense of gratitude to Australia

Ethiopian cardinal brings sense of gratitude to Australia

26 May 2022
Blessed Sacrament desecrated in robbery of sacred vessels at Canberra church

Blessed Sacrament desecrated in robbery of sacred vessels at Canberra church

26 May 2022
Pope Francis – ‘My heart is broken’ over Texas elementary school shooting

Pope Francis – ‘My heart is broken’ over Texas elementary school shooting

26 May 2022

Never miss a story. Sign up to the Weekly Round-Up
eNewsletter now to receive headlines directly in your email.

Sign up to eNews
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Contact
  • Contribute
  • Jobs
  • Subscribe

The Catholic Leader is an Australian award-winning Catholic newspaper that has been published by the Archdiocese of Brisbane since 1929. Our journalism seeks to provide a full, accurate and balanced Catholic perspective of local, national and international news while upholding the dignity of the human person.

Copyright © All Rights Reserved The Catholic Leader
Accessibility Information | Privacy Policy | Archdiocese of Brisbane

The Catholic Leader acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the First Peoples of this country and especially acknowledge the traditional owners on whose lands we live and work throughout the Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • QLD
    • Australia
    • Regional
    • Education
    • World
    • Vatican
  • Features
  • Opinion
  • Life
    • Family
    • Relationships
    • Faith
  • Culture
  • People
  • Subscribe
  • Jobs
  • Contribute

Copyright © All Rights Reserved The Catholic Leader

0
    0
    Your Cart
    Your cart is emptyChoose another Subscription
    Continue Shopping