The new coat of arms for Archbishop Costelloe unveiled more insight into the archbishop including his devotion to Mary and his Salesian origins. Archbishop Timothy Costelloe’s coat of arms was unveiled this week, bringing together symbols of his devotion to Mary, his Salesian roots, the Costelloe family and his new home of Western Australia. The coat of arms consists of a shield upon an a...

New archbishop stakes it all on Perth. Archbishop-designate Timothy Costelloe SDB would bring all his energy to his new role as the sixth Archbishop of Perth, he told a media conference at St Mary’s Cathedral on 20 February. “From now on Perth is my home. Western Australia is my home and I look forward to becoming very much a part of the Church here in Perth, but also the wider society as...

Catholic students deserve no less than other students when it comes to quality education. Here is how Perth’s Archbishop-designate Timothy Costelloe SDB answered a question on education during a media conference at St Mary’s Cathedral on 20 February. Question: With the Gonski Review coming out today, how do you see your role vis-à-vis education? Do you expect to take a hands-on role? I...

  Archbishop Denis Hart of Melbourne comments on Bishop Tim Costelloe's appointment as the new Archbishop of Perth. Perth's new archbishop is "a great appointment for Perth and a big loss for Melbourne," Archbishop Denis Hart told The Record today. The Melbourne archbishop lauded Archbishop-designate Timothy Costelloe's work both as a priest and as an Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne. He s...

  Auxiliary Bishop Donald Sproxton lauds new Archbishop appointment. Auxiliary Bishop of Perth Donald Sproxton said he welcomed today's announcement that Bishop Timothy Costelloe SDB would be the next Archbishop of Perth. The archbishop-designate had the right mix of personal qualities and skills to endear him to Perth's priests, Bishop Donald said. "He's going to be a great theological...

Outgoing Perth archbishop sizes up the achievements, challenges.   Perth Archbishop Barry Hickey said he was “planning to fade into obscurity” and was “looking forward to it” when introducing his successor Bishop Timothy Costelloe SDB yesterday, employing the understated humour that has been a calling card throughout his 21 years service in the role. Archbishop Hickey introduced...

The fruits of the ‘Arab Spring’ for Christians in Syria are also far from certain, according to a local Syrian Orthodox Church leader. Standing in solidarity with Coptic Orthodox Christians at a prayer vigil in Victoria Park on Friday night, the Rev Deacon Theodore Issa prayed for the souls of Egyptian Copts killed in recent protests and persecutions. The deacon recently returned from Jorda...

While Australia’s Catholic bishops have welcomed the federal government’s decision to process onshore the claims of asylum seekers arriving by boat, in much the same way as it treats those who arrive by plane, a deeply personal plea for a more compassionate approach to refugees has been made by Melbourne’s Bishop Vincent Long van Nguyen, who himself escaped from Vietnam by boat. Delivering t...

A priest from the Sydney archdiocese jailed in 2010 for using the internet to groom a 13 year old for sexual purposes has apologised to his fellow priests for having besmirched the image of the Catholic priesthood for the “many good faithful clergy”. In a letter published in the latest issue of the The Swag, the quarterly journal of the National Council of Priests, Fr Robert Fuller writes th...

Bishop Anthony Fisher OP. Photo: Supplied. Pope Benedict XVI has appointed the bishop who organized World YouthDay 2008 in Sydney Bishop of one of the biggest dioceses in Australia. Bishop Anthony Fisher OP, who at 49 is the youngest prelate in Australia, was appointed on 6 January as the third Bishop of Parramatta, a part of western Sydney that was separated from the Archdiocese of Syd...