Mark Benedict Coleridge

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Mark Benedict Coleridge is Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia.

Born on 25 September 1948, Melbourne, Australia, he was ordained a priest on 18 May 1974 at the age of 25.

On 3 May 2002, aged 53, he was appointed as an Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne and Titular Bishop of Theveste. The following month he was ordained as Titular Bishop of Theveste and appointed as Archbishop of Canberra-Goulburn, Australia. On 17 August 2006, aged 57, he was installed as Archbishop.

He has been a priest for 33 years and a bishop for 5 years to date.