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Peter William INGHAM
Auxiliary Bishop 1993-2001; Bishop of Wollongong 2001-present
Born on 19 January 1941, Crows Nest in Australia in the parish of Naremburn.
(Sydney Archdiocese)
His father was George William Ingham and his mother
was Marjorie
Pearl Hyndes.
He was educated at St Leonard's Primary Naremburn; St
Pius X College Chatswood, and attended Seminary at St Columba’s, Springwood; St Patrick’s
College, Manly.
He was ordained on 18 July 1964, St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney
by Cardinal N T Gilroy and incardinated in the Archdiocese of Sydney
.
He was elected as Bishop
on 24 May 1993 as Titular Bishop of Pudenziana; Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney.
He was consecrated (ordained as Bishop) on 12 July 1993, in St Mary’s
Cathedral, Sydney by Cardinal Edward B Clancy (Consecrating Bishop) the
Archbishop of Sydney.
He was assisted by Archbishop James P Carroll, the Titular Archbishop
of Amasea; Retired Auxiliary Bishop, Sydney, and Bishop Patrick Dougherty,
the Bishop of
Bathurst.
He was subsequently translated (moved) as Bishop of Wollongong,
6 June 2001.
Installed 25 July 2001. During his lifetime, he has been Assistant Priest,
of Rosebery, Newtown, St Marys, South Auburn. Private Secretary
to Cardinal Freeman 1974;
Archdiocesan Secretary 1980; Parish Priest Ryde 1990; Chaplain, Guild
of
St Stephen for Altar Servers; Member, National Liturgical Commission;
Board, Catholic
Church
Insurances Ltd 1986.
The Previous Archbishops of the Archdiocese of Sydney
The Predecessor Auxiliary and Co-adjutor Archbishops
of the Archdiocese of Sydney
- Charles Henry Davis OSB, 1848-1854. Also
Titular Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle.
- Joseph Higgins, 1889. (Appointed Bishop
of Rockhampton 1889).
- Michael Sheehan, Co-adjutor Archbishop
1922-1937.
- Eris Norman Michael O'Brien, 1948-1953.
(Appointed Bishop of Canberra-Goulburn 1953.)
- Patrick Francis Lyons, 1950-1956. (Appointed
Co-adjutor Bishop Sale 1956. Bishop 1957-1967.)
- James Patrick Carroll, 1954-1965.
Retired 1984. Died 1995.
- James Darcy Cardinal Freeman, 1957-1969
- Thomas William Muldoon, 1960-1986.
- Edward Francis Kelly MSC, 1969-1975.
(Appointed Bishop
of Toowoomba 1975.)
- Edward Bede Cardinal Clancy AC, 1973-1978.
(Appointed Archbishop
of Canberra-Goulburn, 1978-1983.)
- Patrick Laurence Murphy,
1977-1986. (Appointed Bishop
of Broken Bay 1986. Retired)
- Bede Vincent Heather,
1979-1986. (Appointed Bishop
of Parramatta 1986. Retired)
- John Edward Heaps, 1981-1992.
Retired 1992. Died 2004.
- Peter William Ingham, 1993-2001. (Appointed
Bishop of
Wollongong 2001.)
- Geoffrey James Robinson,
1984-2004. Retired.
- David Cremin, 1974-2005. Retired.
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