Brian Mascord Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Brian Mascord
5th Roman Catholic Bishop of Wollongong
Church:St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Wollongong
Archdiocese:Sydney
Province:New South Wales
Diocese:Wollongong
Appointed:30 November 2017
Term Start:22 February 2018
Predecessor:Peter William Ingham
Ordination:31 October 1992
Ordained By:Leo Clarke
Consecration:22 February 2018
Consecrated By:Anthony Fisher, Peter Ingham, William Wright
Birth Name:Brian Gregory Mascord
Birth Date:30 January 1959
Birth Place:Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality:Australian
Religion:Roman Catholic Church
Occupation:Roman Catholic bishop
Profession:priest
Alma Mater:St Patrick's Seminary, Manly
Motto:"For all things give thanks"

Brian Gregory Mascord (born 30 January 1959) is an Australian bishop. He is the fifth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wollongong.[1]

Mascord was born in Newcastle, New South Wales. He is the son of Ron Mascord and Margaret Callinan. He was educated at St Joseph's Catholic School in Charlestown and St Pius X College in Adamstown.[2]

Before entering St. Patrick's Seminary in Manly, Mascord earned a diploma of teaching at the Catholic College of Education (now part of the Australian Catholic University) in Castle Hill, spending six years teaching in a Catholic primary school. He was ordained on 31 October 1992 at Sacred Heart Church in Hamilton.[3] He then worked in a parish in pastoral care before becoming pastor of the parish of St Mary MacKillop in Charlestown, New South Wales, director of the pastoral ministry in the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle and a member of the diocesan committee for the liturgy. Since 2013, Mascord was also vicar general of the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.[4]

On 30 November 2017, Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Wollongong.[5]

Consecration

Mascord was consecrated as a bishop on 22 February 2018, at the WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong. His principal consecrator was Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP, Archbishop of Sydney, while the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Peter Ingham, Bishop Emeritus of Wollongong, and Bishop William Wright, Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmascord.html Catholic Hierarchy website
  2. Ordination booklet, 22 February 2018, Diocese of Wollongong.
  3. Web site: Pope Francis names Fr Brian Mascord fifth Bishop of Wollongong . Australian Catholic Bishops Conference . 30 November 2017 . 24 February 2021 .
  4. http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/5093601/wollongong-has-a-new-bishop-announced-by-pope-francis-from-the-vatican-overnight/ Illawarra Mercury
  5. https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/5093526/newcastle-vicar-general-named-new-bishop-of-wollongong/ Newcastle Herald 1 December 2017
  6. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmascord.html Catholic Hierarchy website