Armidale bishop appointed
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The Reverend Dr Peter Murphy has been appointed Bishop of Armidale.
Fr Murphy is currently the parish administrator of St Michael’s Cathedral, Wagga Wagga, and Vicar General of the Diocese of Wagga Wagga.
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, welcomed the appointment.
“His involvement in the vocations ministry, his experience in fostering the faith of young people and his compassionate leadership in the areas of family and marriage will be of great value to the diocese and wider Church, Archbishop Costelloe said.
Fr Murphy studied agriculture and worked as a field agronomist in Melbourne before entering the seminary.
He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from the Angelicum and a licentiate in theology from the Urban University in Rome.
Following postgraduate studies, he was ordained priest on July 11 1992, at St Michael’s Cathedral, Wagga Wagga.
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