Patrick Percival "Pat" Power (born 11 February 1942) is an Australian Roman Catholic bishop.
Power was born in Cooma, New South Wales, Australia and grew up in Queanbeyan. He did his primary schooling at St Christopher's School, Canberra, St Edmund's College, Canberra and completed his schooling at Chevalier College, Bowral. After leaving school, he undertook his seven years training for the priesthood at St Columba's College, Springwood and St Patrick's College, Manly.
Power was ordained to the priesthood in Queanbeyan on 17 July 1965 and served in the parishes of Braidwood, Canberra, and Goulburn before being asked by Archbishop Cahill to undertake a doctorate in canon law in 1972 at the Propaganda Fide College in Rome. On the completion of his studies in mid 1975, Power returned to Australia and for 10 years served as Archbishop's Secretary (to three archbishops) and director of the marriage tribunal.
In February 1985, Power became parish priest of his home parish of Queanbeyan. On 18 April 1986, he was ordained bishop by Archbishop Francis Carroll in St Christopher's Cathedral, Canberra, becoming the fifth Auxiliary Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn.
Since that time he has served on bishops' committees for laity, ecumenism, canon law, family and life, social welfare and media. He has also been the Secretary of the Committee for Justice, Development, Ecology and Peace and a member of the Australian Social Justice Council.
Much of his ministry has been in the field of ecumenical and inter-faith relations. He was the first Catholic co-chairman of AUSTARC, the national Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogue. He has served a number of terms as chair of the ACT Churches Council.
At the 1998 Oceania Synod of Bishops in Rome, Power spoke on marginalised people in society and in the church. Much of his efforts have been directed in this area through Catholic Welfare Australia and through local community organizations in Canberra. He has been a strong advocate for the East Timorese and the Palestinian people, for Aboriginal people, for racial respect, for the unemployed and for the rights of the unborn, the old and dying.
In 2000, Power chaired a major enquiry into poverty in the Australian Capital Territory. He supported the move to have the South Sydney Rabbitohs restored to the national rugby league competition.