Ken Howell (bishop)

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Kenneth Howell
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba
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Diocese Toowoomba
Appointed24 May 2023
Installed11 July 2023
Predecessor Robert McGuckin
Orders
Ordination24 June 1983
by Archbishop Francis Roberts Rush
Consecration14 June 2017
by Archbishop Mark Coleridge
Personal details
Born
Kenneth Michael Howell

(1958-02-20) 20 February 1958 (age 65)
Brisbane, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Denomination Roman Catholic
Alma mater St James College
Pius XII Regional Seminary
MottoParare vias eius
(Prepare the way for him)
Styles of
Kenneth Howell
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Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken styleMy Lord
Religious style Bishop

Kenneth Howell (born 20 February 1958) [1] is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba. [2] He was previously an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane. He was consecrated by Archbishop Mark Coleridge at St Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane on 14 June 2017. [3] He was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba by Pope Francis on 24 May 2023. [4]

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Early life

Howell was born in Brisbane in 1958 and educated at St James College, Brisbane. After graduating from high school, he joined Queensland Rail and worked as a clerk in the chief engineer's office. He entered Pius XII Regional Seminary (now Holy Spirit Seminary, Brisbane) in 1977. [5]

Priesthood

On 24 June 1983, Howell was ordained by Archbishop Francis Roberts Rush of Brisbane. He served as assistant priest at the parishes of Noosa Heads, Burleigh Heads and St Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane between 1983 and 1994. Between 1994 and 1997, he completed a Licentiate in Sacred Liturgy at the Pontifical Institute Sant’Anselmo in Rome. [6]

He returned to Australia in 1997 and served as Secretary to Archbishop John Bathersby until 2001, while also serving as a priest and then dean at St Stephen's Cathedral, Brisbane. He also served as the vice rector of the Holy Spirit Seminary, Brisbane between 2002 and 2008. He became the administrator of St Mary's Parish, South Brisbane in 2008 and Parish Priest at Burleigh Heads in 2013. [7]

Episcopacy

On 28 March 2017, Pope Francis appointed Howell as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane following the resignation of Monsignor Joseph John Oudeman OFMCap. [8] He was given the titular see of Thamugadi and was consecrated on 14 June 2017 by Archbishop Mark Coleridge. On 1 February 2021, he was appointed Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Brisbane. [9]

On 24 May 2023, Pope Francis appointed Howell to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba after accepting the resignation of Bishop Robert McGuckin. [10]

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by TITULAR 
Titular Bishop of Thamugadi
2017–2023
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Toowoomba
2023–present
Incumbent