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A virtual cavalcade of white mitres dominated
the priests’ side of Holy Family Church, Parkes, as 24 bishops from around Australia gathered for the consecration of bishop-elect Chris Toohey as the new bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes.
As well as Archbishop
Pell, Cardinal Clancy and Emeritus Archbishop of Wilcannia-Forbes, Douglas Warren, they included the new bishop of Wollongong, Bishop Peter Ingham; the archbishop-elect of Adelaide and former bishop of Wollongong,
Philip Wilson; Sydney’s auxiliary bishops, David Cremin and Geoffrey Robinson; and two Anglican bishops, Bishop Hurford from Bathurst and Bishop Clarke from Riverina.
Tony McGrain, State MP for Dubbo, and
the Mayor of Parkes, Robert Wilson, also attended, along with members of Bishop Toohey’s family, his close friends, and his colleagues from Sydney’s Catholic Adult Education Centre, where he served as director for
seven years.
There were also representatives from every parish in Wilcannia-Forbes and around 100 priests, who concelebrated the consecration of the new bishop.
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