Anthony Fisher
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Anthony Colin Fisher OP (born 10 March 1960, Mater Hospital, Crows Nest) is an Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese of Sydney and Titular Bishop of Buruni.[1] A Dominican since 1985, he was the foundation Director of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family, Melbourne.
A scholar, he was dux of St Ignatius' College, Riverview, before attaining degrees in law, philosophy, theology, history (honours) and a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford. Whilst at the University of Sydney, he was a debater with the University of Sydney Union. In 1982 he attended the World Universities Debating Championship at Hart House Toronto where in an exhibition debate at the Royal Commonwealth Society he said "the Queen is the only person in the world without an accent", to the delight of royalists present.[2] He was ordained bishop on the feast of St Gregory the Great, 3 September, 2003. He was drawn to join the Dominicans by its "great intellectual tradition and apostolate; an order with the motto Veritas, Truth".[3]
At 46 he was the youngest Roman Catholic bishop in Australia, having been appointed to the Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney on 16 July, 2003. He wrote a noted column about the theological foundations of the gift of sexuality in a World Youth Day preparatory newsletter, and has been appointed to co-ordinate World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Catholic Hierarchy: Fisher" — Bishop Anthony Fisher (retrieved 06 June 2006)
- ^ "History of the World Debating Championships: Hart House Toronto 1982" — Colm Flynn (retrieved 06 September 2006)
- ^ "Dominican Vocations: Province of the Assumption" — Bishop Anthony Fisher O.P. (retrieved 11 June 2006)
- ^ "Archdiocese of Sydney - Our People" — Bishop Anthony Fisher O.P.(retrieved 11 June 2006)
