Mark Coleridge

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The Most Reverend Mark Coleridge <br/ >DD, BA, DSS
Coleridge in Canberra, 2011
Diocese	Archdiocese of Brisbane
Installed	11 May 2012
Predecessor	John Bathersby
Successor	Incumbent
Other posts	Member of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications (2011–present)
Orders
Ordination	18 May 1974 (priest) in St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne^[1]
Consecration	19 June 2002 (bishop)^[2]
Personal details
Birth name	Mark Benedict Coleridge
Born	(1948-09-25) 25 September 1948 Melbourne, Victoria
Nationality	Australian
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Parents	Bernard and Marjorie (née Harvey) Coleridge
Previous post	Archbishop of Canberra–Goulburn (2006-2012); Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (2002-2006)
Alma mater	University of Melbourne; Corpus Christi College, Melbourne
Motto	Sanguis et Aqua (Blood and Water)
Coat of arms	${{{coat_of_arms_alt}}}$

Mark Benedict Coleridge (born 25 September 1948, Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian Catholic bishop. Since 11 May 2012 he has served as the seventh Archbishop of Brisbane. He has previously served as the Archbishop of Canberra–Goulburn (2006-12) and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Melbourne (2002-06).

Early life

The third of five siblings born to Bernard and Marjorie (née Harvey) Coleridge, Mark Coleridge was educated at Saint Joseph's School, Tranmere, South Australia, Rostrevor College, Adelaide, and at St Kevin's College, Toorak. He graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He entered Corpus Christi College, Werribee as a Melbourne seminarian and also studied with the seminary as it moved to Glen Waverley and Clayton.^[1]

On 18 May 1974, at St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, 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 also awarded the Biblicum's doctorate for his dissertation on the Infancy Narrative in Luke's Gospel, in April 1992. He returned to Melbourne in 1992, where he held a range of theological appointments until he returned to Rome, serving as a Chaplain of His Holiness.^[3]

Episcopate

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.^[4]

On 2 April 2012, he was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as Archbishop of Brisbane and was installed in a liturgical service on 11 May 2012.^[1]

Coleridge is a member of the Bishops Commission for Doctrine and Morals and Chairman of the Bishops Commission for Liturgy. ^{[citation needed]}

Gallery

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Coat of Arms as the Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn
Present Coat of Arms as Archbishop of Brisbane

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Appointment of the new Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane: The Most Revd Mark Benedict Coleridge, DD" (PDF) (Press release). Catholic Church in Australia. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
↑ "Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge". The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
↑ "Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge". Archdiocese of Canberra – Goulburn. 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
↑ "Nomina di membri del Pontificio Consiglio delle Comunicazioni Sociali" (Press release) (in Italian). Rome: Roman Catholic Church. 29 December 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2012.

External links

"Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge: Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Catholic Church in Australia. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Francis Carroll	Archbishop of Canberra – Goulburn 2006— 2012	Succeeded by TBD
Preceded by John Bathersby	7th Archbishop of Brisbane 2012— present	Succeeded by incumbent

v t e Roman Catholic Archbishops of Canberra – Goulburn, Australia

Bishops of Goulburn	Patrick Geoghegan William Lanigan John Gallagher John Barry Terence McGuire

Archbishops of Canberra – Goulburn	Terence McGuire Eris O'Brien Thomas Cahill Edward Bede Clancy Francis Carroll Mark Coleridge

v t e Roman Catholic Bishops and Archbishops of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

James Quinn Robert Dunne James Duhig Patrick O'Donnell Francis Rush John Bathersby Mark Coleridge

Persondata
Name	Coleridge, Mark Benedict
Alternative names
Short description	Australian bishop
Date of birth	25 September 1948
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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