NEW BISHOP FOR PARRAMATTA - "INFORMED" PREDICTIONS CONFOUNDED
On Friday 8th January, 2010 the Holy See announced that the Holy Father
has appointed as Bishop of Parramatta, Bishop Anthony Fisher O.P. until
now Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney. So much for recent Blog predictions he
was bound for Canberra-Goulburn , supposedly to replace Archbishop Mark
Coleridge when he would,so the story went, replace Cardinal Pell in
Sydney and the good Cardinal would have been off to the Curia in Rome!So
the venerable bloggers in the Cloisters must return to the drawing
boards.
The appointment is a great blessing for the Diocese of Parramatta, but
perhaps a mixed blessing, certainly a challenge, for Bishop Fisher. Who
would envy him the problem of the hideous new cathedral and the history
of the Diocese' Catholic Education Office in recent years? Parramatta
Diocese is the centre of the population growth in the Sydney region, and
has a diverse population and an equally diverse clergy. There are many
opportunities and many burdens. Bishop Fisher and his Diocese deserve
our prayers.
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