12 Facts About Tim Norton

Timothy John Norton SVD was born on 24 July 1958 and is an Australian Catholic bishop.

Tim Norton has an older brother Chris and a younger sister, Julie.

Tim Norton attended Marist Brothers Eastwood, where the school's chaplain was a Divine Word Missionary who had previously lived in India for 30 years.

Tim Norton took a trip to India during his final year of high school, which he later said was influential in discerning his vocation.

Tim Norton worked as a physiotherapist and worked with young street people in Darlinghurst who were experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health issues.

Tim Norton entered the seminary when he was 25 and moved to Mexico to continue his studies at the age of 28.

Tim Norton was ordinated a priest at St Kevins, Eastwood on 2 March 1991.

Tim Norton became the director of the SILOAM Spiritual Programme between 1997 and 1998.

Tim Norton then served as head of formation and prefect of the Scholastics in Melbourne and director of the noviciate in Sydney.

From 2005 to 2013, Tim Norton served as the Provincial Superior for Australia for the Society of the Divine Word.

Tim Norton was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane by Pope Francis on 11 November 2021, and was given the titular see of Madaurus in Algeria.

Tim Norton was consecrated by Archbishop Mark Coleridge on 22 February 2022, in the Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane.