| The Most Reverend Mark Coleridge DD BA DSS |
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| 6th Roman Catholic Archbishop | |
Archbishop Mark Coleridge in Canberra, 2011 |
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| Province | Sydney |
| Diocese | Canberra – Goulburn |
| Enthroned | 7 August 2006 |
| Predecessor | Francis Carroll |
| Other posts | Auxiliary Bishop, Archdiocese of Melbourne (2002-2006) |
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| Ordination | 18 May 1974 (Priest) in St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne |
| Consecration | 19 June 2002 (Bishop)[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Mark Benedict Coleridge |
| Born | 25 September 1948 Melbourne, Victoria |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Parents | Bernard Coleridge and Marjorie Harvey |
| Occupation | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Profession | Cleric |
| Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Melbourne |
| Motto | Sanguis et Aqua (Blood and Water) |
Mark Benedict Coleridge (born 25 September 1948 in Melbourne, Victoria), an Australian metropolitan bishop, is the sixth Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canberra – Goulburn, serving since 2006. Prior to his appointment he was an Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne.
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Coleridge is the third of five children and was educated at Saint Joseph's School, Tranmere, South Australia, Rostrevor College, Adelaide, and St. Kevin's College, Toorak. Coleridge entered Corpus Christi College, Werribee as a Melbourne Seminarian, and also studied with the seminary as it moved to Glen Waverley and Clayton.
On 18 May 1974 in St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, Mark Coleridge was ordained a priest by Bishop John A. Kelly, an Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne. He was sent to The Biblicum, Rome for the Licentiate in Sacred Scripture, which he received in 1984. Coleridge was awarded the Biblicum's doctorate for his dissertation on the Infancy Narrative in Luke's Gospel in April 1992. Coleridge returned to Melbourne in 1992, where he held a range of theological appointments, until he returned to Rome, serving as Chaplain of His Holiness.[2]
On 3 May 2002 Pope John Paul II appointed him an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Melbourne. On 19 June 2006 he was appointed Archbishop of Canberra – Goulburn, the first Australian episcopal appointment of Pope Benedict XVI. On 29 December 2011 he was appointed a member of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications for a five year renewable term.[3]
Archbishop Coleridge is a member of the Bishops Commission for Doctrine and Morals and Chairman of the Bishops Commission for Liturgy.
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| Preceded by Francis Carroll |
Archbishop of Canberra – Goulburn 2006— present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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