Greg Homeming Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Most Reverend
Gregory Homeming
Honorific-Suffix:OCD
Church:Roman Catholic Church
Bishop of Lismore
Diocese:Lismore
See:Lismore
Appointed:20 December 2016
Enthroned:22 February 2017
Predecessor:Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett
Ordination:20 July 1991
Consecration:22 February 2017
Consecrated By:Anthony Fisher
Birth Name:Gregory Paul Homeming
Birth Date:1958 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Motto:God alone suffices
Coat Of Arms:Coat of arms of Gregory Homeming.svg

Gregory Homeming OCD (born 30 May 1958)[1] is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lismore.[2] His installation took place on 22 February 2017.[3]

Homeming was born on 30 May 1958 into a Chinese Australian family and was educated in Shepparton, Victoria, before completing his secondary education at St Aloysius' College in Milsons Point. He joined the Discalced Carmelite order in 1985 after working for four years as a lawyer, and was ordained a Carmelite priest on 20 July 1991 after having obtained a Bachelor of Theology from the Melbourne College of Divinity and a Master of Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. Until his episcopal consecration, he served as the regional vicar of the Discalced Carmelite friars in Sydney.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.stcarthages.org.au/parish-blog/sixth-bishop-of-lismore "Sixth bishop of Lismore"
  2. http://olmcvarroville.org.au/ "Congratulations – Fr Greg Homeming – Sixth Bishop of Lismore"
  3. Web site: Archbishop Fisher Welcomes Appointment of New Bishop of Lismore . 2016 . Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney . 21 December 2016.