Geoffrey Jarrett

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Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett
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Born (1937-12-01) 1 December 1937 (age 86)
Denomination Roman Catholicism
OccupationBishop

Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett (born 1 December 1937) is a retired Australian Roman Catholic bishop who served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lismore.

Formerly an Anglican priest, Jarrett converted to the Catholic Church in 1965. [1] He was ordained a priest in Sydney on 14 May 1970 by the Archbishop of Hobart, Guilford Clyde Young.

Pope John Paul II appointed him coadjutor bishop of Lismore on 9 December 2000. His episcopal consecration was performed by the Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal Edward Clancy, on 22 February 2001 at St Carthage's Cathedral, Lismore; his co-consecrators were Francesco Canalini, Apostolic Nuncio in Australia and John Satterthwaite, Bishop of Lismore. He chose Supra firmam petram as his motto.

After John Satterthwaite's resignation, he succeeded him on 1 December 2001 in the office of Bishop of Lismore and was introduced to the office on 12 December of the same year.

Pope Francis accepted his age-related resignation on 20 December 2016. [2]

He was succeeded by Greg Homeming on 22 February 2017. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Lismore Diocese". www.lismorediocese.org. Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  2. "Rinuncia del Vescovo di Lismore (Australia) e nomina del successore". Tägliches Bulletin (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  3. "Bishop Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett [Catholic-Hierarchy]".
  4. http://olmcvarroville.org.au/