Fr Siriakus Ndolu OCarm, who arrived in Perth on 9 July, was welcomed at a morning tea on 20 July at the Catholic Office in Cathedral House, Victoria Square.
The West Australian Indonesian Catholic Community had been without a chaplain for almost a year since the departure of Fr Ari Pawarto OCarm in August 2010.
In attendance were Fr Robert Cross, the executive assistant to the Archbishop; Cathedral Dean Monsignor Michael Keating; Vicar General Monsignor Brian O’Loughlin and Auxiliary Bishop Donald Sproxton.