1. On 12 September 2016, Prowse was named as apostolic administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wagga Wagga following the retirement of Bishop Gerard Hanna.
14 Facts About Christopher Prowse
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On 26 May 2020, Pope Francis announced Mark Stuart Edwards would become the sixth Bishop of Wagga Wagga, however Christopher Prowse remained apostolic administrator until Bishop Edwards' installation on 22 July 2020.
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Christopher Prowse served as the director of the Catholic Pastoral Formation Centre and from 1999 was the media spokesman.
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Christopher Prowse has been co-chair of the Australian Anglican and Roman Catholic Dialogue, and a member of the executive committee of the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences in Oceania.
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Christopher Prowse has a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Bachelor of Theology degree, a Licentiate in Moral Theology and a Doctorate in Moral Theology.
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Christopher Charles Prowse was born in East Melbourne, Victoria, on 14 November 1953.
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Christopher Prowse is the third of six children of Frank Prowse and Marian Atkinson.
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Christopher Prowse was an altar server at St Francis Xavier's Parish, Box Hill.
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Christopher Prowse studied for the priesthood at Corpus Christi College in Werribee and Clayton.
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Christopher Prowse was ordained priest for the Archdiocese of Melbourne by Archbishop Sir Frank Little at St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, on 16 August 1980.
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Christopher Prowse was appointed to committees organising Days in the Diocese Melbourne and World Youth Day Sydney.
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Christopher Prowse was appointed as the Bishop of Sale by Pope Benedict XVI on 18 June 2009.
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Christopher Prowse was installed on 19 November 2013 at St Christopher's Cathedral, Canberra.
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Christopher Prowse's appointment followed a period of 16 months in which the post was vacant after the previous archbishop, Mark Coleridge, was appointed as the Archbishop of Brisbane.