OMI VIỆT NAM::Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Mark Stuart Edwards, O.M.I., as Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia. English Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Mark Stuart Edwards, O.M.I., as Bishop of Wagga Wagga, Australia. He has been serving as Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne with the titular see of Garba since December 2014. Bishop Mark Stuart Edwards was born in Balikpapan, Indonesia in 1959. He moved to Australia in 1962. After attending Saint Leonard’s Primary School in Glen Waverley and Mazenod College in Mulgrave, he received his Bachelor of Science degree at Monash University in Melbourne. In 1980, he entered the Novitiate of the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate and completed his ecclesiastical studies at the Catholic Theological College in Melbourne and the Melbourne College of Divinity. He was ordained a priest in 1986. After priestly ordination, he continued his training at Monash University in Melbourne, obtaining a Doctorate in Philosophy and a Baccalaureate in Literature and Education. He held the following positions in the Congregation of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate: Professor at Mazenod College in Mulgrave (1986-1989); Vice-Rector of Iona College in Brisbane (1990-1997); Master Pre-novice Master at Saint Mary’s Seminary in Mulgrave (1998-2004); Novice Master at Saint Mary’s Seminary in Mulgrave (2004-2007); Professor at Catholic Theological College in Melbourne (2005-2010); Rector of Iona College in Lindum, Brisbane (since 2010). In 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2011 he was elected Provincial Councillor of the Oblate Province in Australia. He was appointed by Pope Francis, Bishop of Garba and appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne on 7 November 2014; he was consecrated the following 17 December. He is a Member of the Committee for Catholic Education for the Australian Bishops Conference. Diocese of Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga is the major city of the Riverina and the largest inland city in New South Wales. Its population is estimated at nearly 56,500, of which over 31 percent are Catholic. By Vatican News Ngày 27 tháng 05 Năm 2020 Gửi bài viết cho người thân / bạn Tên người gửi Email người gửi Tên người nhận Email người nhận Tiêu đề Email Gửi Bài liên quan Pozuelo: Oblate Youth to celebrate the charism before WYD The De Mazenod Experience resumes in Aix! Father Louis Lougen OMI returns to his home province. Mgr. Pierre Olivier Tremblay, OMI, appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Hearst-Moosonee The birth of a new Delegation “Pilgrims of Hope, in Communion” Being a missionary, even in small ways Celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of the Oblate presence Priest rescued by “the hand of Mary” during earthquake in Haiti A new mission for the Oblates