The 68-year-old archbishop of Perth, Western Australia, succeeds Archbishop Mark Coleridge, who was president of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference for two two-year terms.

Australian bishops elected Archbishop Timothy Costelloe of Perth as the new head of the bishops’ conference, effective in July. Coleridge was ineligible to run for a third term because he will ...

The 69-year-old archbishop is the president of the Australian Catholic bishops’ conference, served as president of the Plenary Council of the Australian church (2021-22) and is a member of the ...

The bishops' delegation met Oct. 5 with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state; Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Vatican foreign minister; Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation ...

In their first private one-on-one conversation, the president of the Australian Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe, S.D.B., told Pope Francis, “The church in Australia is alive!” ...

The Catholic Church in Australia has concluded its Fifth Plenary Council. After months of debate and discussion on Church governance and pastoral priorities, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe of Perth ...

CNA Staff, Feb 26, 2021 / 06:05 am. Australia's Catholic bishops on Thursday issued a working document ahead of the first assembly of a landmark plenary council in October.

by Catholic News Service. View Author ... 3 from St. Mary's Cathedral in Perth. Bishops in other cities also ... land in the southwest corner of Western Australia. In his homily, Archbishop ...

The Archbishop of Perth, Timothy Costelloe told The Weekend Australian that the church’s work addressing sexual abuse also required ongoing vigilance under the next Pope. Speaking inside Vatican ...

When Bishop Mykola Bychok was “elevated to the dignity of cardinal” by Pope Francis in December, the eyebrows of Australia’s plugged-in Catholics shot up in surprise.