Toowoomba's new bishop ordained in moving ceremony [CNAU]

[Catholic_Press]

Jul 11, '12 6:00 am
After more than a year without a leader, the Toowoomba Diocese again has a bishop after yesterday’s ordination of Bishop McGuckin, Toowoomba’s sixth bishop, reports the Toowoomba Chronicle.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cathnews/RSS/~4/NZmC479BSXQ

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[Dale_M]

The influence of the new bishop may help the diocese continue the surge in vocations which has affected all of Queensland, including the Diocese of Toowoomba.

catholicleader.com.au/news.php/top-stories/vocations-surge-for-queensland_81584

 

[YoungTradCath]

Why is he wearing a giant flower garland??

 

[Dale_M]

Why is he wearing a giant flower garland??

It was a special lei which was presented to him by Mrs Lusiana Kuriuci of the Tribunal Office of the Archdiocese of Suva. It was in honor of his service to the Church in Fiji.
thechronicle.com.au/story/2012/07/11/toowoomba-diocese-has-new-bishop/

(lots of photos of the ceremony at that link)

 

[ImmaculataFides]

The picture in the article just about says it all.