Timothy Costelloe

Timothy John Costelloe SDB (born 3 February 1954 in Melbourne[1]), an Australian metropolitan bishop, is the ninth Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Perth, Western Australia, appointed in February 2012.

The Most Reverend Timothy Costelloe S.D.B., DD, DTheol
Archbishop of Perth
Archbishop Costelloe in 2013
Archdiocese	Perth
Province	Perth
See	Perth
Appointed	20 February 2012
Installed	21 March 2012
Predecessor	Barry Hickey
Orders
Ordination	25 October 1986 by Frank Little
Consecration	15 June 2007 by Denis Hart
Personal details
Birth name	Timothy Costelloe
Born	3 February 1954 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Occupation	Roman Catholic bishop
Previous post	Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (2007–12) Titular Bishop of Cluain Iraird (2007-12)
Alma mater	Salesian Pontifical University Melbourne College of Divinity
Motto	Via veritas vita
Coat of arms

Ordination history of Timothy Costelloe
History Priestly ordination Ordained by Frank Little (Melbourne) Date 25 October 1986 Place St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Denis Hart (Melbourne) Co-consecrators George Pell (Sydney) Ambrose De Paoli (Apostolic Nuncio to Australia) Date 15 June 2007 Place St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne Cardinalate Elevated by Pope John Paul II Date 21 October 2003
Episcopal succession Bishops consecrated by Timothy Costelloe as principal consecrator Michael Henry Morrissey 28 June 2017

Styles of Timothy Costelloe
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Grace
Religious style	Archbishop
Posthumous style	not applicable

Biography

Educated in Melbourne at St Peter's, East Bentleigh and at Salesian College, Chadstone, Costelloe commenced teacher training at Christ College, Melbourne before joining the Salesians of Don Bosco in 1977, and graduated from Christ College in 1978. Professed as a Salesian in 1985, Costelloe was ordained as a priest on 25 October 1986 by Archbishop Sir Frank Little in Melbourne.[1]

After three years at Salesian College, Chadstone, he was transferred to Rome where he completed a Licentiate in Sacred Theology at the Salesian Pontifical University in 1991. On his return to Melbourne, Costelloe began lecturing in theology at Catholic Theological College in Melbourne. Transferred to Perth in 1996, Costelloe served as parish priest St. Joachim's, Victoria Park, and lectured at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle. He completed his doctorate in Theology from the Melbourne College of Divinity. He returned to Melbourne in 1999, was appointed as Rector to the Salesian community, and resumed teaching commitments at the Catholic Theological College, and was appointed as parish priest of St. John the Baptist, Clifton Hill, in 2006 and as parish priest of the adjoining St. Joseph's, Collingwood in 2007. During this period Fr Costelloe also held a number of senior positions in the Salesian order.[1]

Episcopate

In April 2007 Costelloe was appointed an auxiliary bishop of Melbourne and Titular Bishop of Clonard. He was consecrated on 15 June 2007

With a strong interest in Catholic education, Costelloe held a number of senior roles in the Melbourne archdiocese, including being the Episcopal Vicar for Tertiary Education and the Chair of the Catholic Education Commission of Victoria. An adjunct professor at the Australian Catholic University, he is also a member of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference Commission for Catholic Education.[1]

In February 2012 it was announced that Costelloe would succeed Barry Hickey as Archbishop of Perth;[2][3] and on 21 March 2012 he was installed as archbishop in a liturgical ceremony at St Mary's Cathedral, Perth.[4]

References

1. "Bishop Timothy Costelloe SDB". Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
2. "Archdiocese of Perth" (downloadable PDF) (Press release). Apostolic Nunciature in Australia. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
3. Cardy, Todd (20 February 2012). "Pope appoints new head of Catholic Church in WA". PerthNow. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
4. Power, Fiona (23 March 2012). "Perth welcomes Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB". Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne. Retrieved 4 April 2012.