1. Peter Andrew Comensoli was born on 25 March 1964 and is an Australian Catholic prelate who was named the ninth Archbishop of Melbourne on 29 June 2018.
10 Facts About Peter Comensoli
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Peter Comensoli had been serving as the third Bishop of Broken Bay in New South Wales since December 2014.
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Peter Comensoli entered St Patrick's Seminary in 1986 and obtained a Bachelor of Theology degree in 1989 and a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree in 1991 from the Catholic Institute of Sydney.
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Peter Comensoli was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Wollongong in 1992 by William Edward Murray.
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Peter Comensoli obtained a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Alphonsian Academy in Rome in 2000, a Master of Letters degree in moral philosophy from the University of St Andrews in 2007 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in theological ethics from the University of Edinburgh.
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Peter Comensoli was appointed an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Sydney and titular bishop of Tigisis in Numidia by Pope Benedict XVI on 20 April 2011.
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Peter Comensoli was consecrated as a bishop by Cardinal George Pell at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney on 8 June 2011, becoming Australia's youngest Catholic bishop.
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On 27 February 2014, Peter Comensoli was appointed by Pope Francis as apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Sydney following Cardinal Pell's appointment as prefect of the newly formed Secretariat for the Economy.
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On 18 September 2014, Pope Francis appointed Anthony Fisher the new Archbishop of Sydney, and Peter Comensoli remained the apostolic administrator until Fisher's installation on 12 November.
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On 29 June 2018, Peter Comensoli was appointed Archbishop of Melbourne.