New Archbishops appointed

Pope Leo XIV has announced the appointment of Bishop Shane Mackinlay as the new Archbishop of Brisbane and Bishop Anthony Ireland as Archbishop of Hobart.

Bishop Mackinlay has served as Bishop of Sandhurst, in regional Victoria, since 2019. Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, welcomed his appointment which follows the retirement of Archbishop Mark Coleridge.

 

 

 

 

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Bishop Ireland currently serves as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Melbourne. “The Archbishop-elect’s experience in the Archdiocese of Melbourne will stand him in good stead as he takes up the new challenge of pastoral leadership in the Archdiocese of Hobart,” Archbishop Costelloe said.