Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Conference of Bishops

Address: GPO Box 368, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia

Phone: +61 2 6201 9845

Websites:

President (2022.05.06 – ...):	Archbishop Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B. (72) Metropolitan Archbishop of Perth (Australia)
Vice-President (2024.05.01 – ...):	Bishop Gregory Charles Bennet (63) Bishop of Sale (Australia)
General Secretary (2023.08.01 – ...):	Fr. Chris de Souza

President: Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge (77) (2018.05.04 – 2022.05.06)
President: Archbishop Denis James Hart (84) (2012.05.04 – 2018.05.04)
President: Archbishop Philip Edward Wilson (2006.05.05 – 2012.05.04)
President: Archbishop Francis Patrick Carroll (2000 – 2006.05.05)
President: Cardinal Edward Bede Clancy (1986 – 2000)
President: Archbishop Francis Roberts Rush (1983 – 1986)
President: Cardinal James Darcy Freeman (1971 – 1983)
President: Cardinal Norman Thomas Gilroy (1958 – 1971)
Vice-President: Archbishop Anthony Colin Fisher, O.P. (66) (2018.05.04 – 2024.05.01)
Vice-President: Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge (77) (2016.05.06 – 2018.05.04)
Vice-President: Archbishop Philip Edward Wilson (2012.05.04 – 2016.05.04)
Vice-President: Archbishop Barry James Hickey (90) (2006.05.05 – 2012.05.04)
Vice-President: Archbishop John Alexius Bathersby (2000 – 2006.05.05)
General Secretary: Fr. Stephen Hackett, M.S.C. (2015.11.24 – 2023.08.01)
General Secretary: Fr. Brian Joseph Lucas (2002.08 – 2015.11)
General Secretary: Fr. Brian Vincent Finnigan (87) (later Bishop) (1998 – 2002.01.31)

Last updated on 2026.04.19