Archbishop Anthony Colin Joseph Fisher, O.P.

Archbishop of Sydney, Australia

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
10 Mar 1960		Born
18 Feb 1987	26.9	Perpetual Vows	Member of Order of Friars Preachers
14 Sep 1991	31.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers
16 Jul 2003	43.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Australia
16 Jul 2003	43.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Buruni
3 Sep 2003	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Buruni
8 Jan 2010	49.8	Appointed	Bishop of Parramatta, Australia
4 Mar 2010	49.9	Installed	Bishop of Parramatta, Australia
18 Sep 2014	54.5	Appointed	Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
12 Nov 2014	54.6	Installed	Archbishop of Sydney, Australia

MicroData Summary
Anthony Colin Joseph Fisher
Archbishop Anthony Colin Joseph Fisher O.P.
(born 10 Mar 1960)
Archbishop of Sydney

Event Place
Birth Place Sydney

Please contact the Archbishop through the Archdiocese of Sydney.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Eusebius John Crawford, O.P. †
Bishop of Gizo
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop George Pell †
Archbishop of Sydney
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Edward Bede Cardinal Clancy †
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella
Bishop Bernard Cyril O’Grady, O.P.
Bishop of Gizo

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop George Pell † (1987)
Archbishop of Sydney
Archbishop Thomas Francis Little † (1973)
Archbishop of Melbourne
Archbishop James Robert Knox † (1953)
Archbishop of Melbourne
Celso Benigno Luigi Cardinal Costantini † (1921)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Nereo ed Achilleo
Pietro Cardinal La Fontaine † (1906)
Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}
Pietro Cardinal Respighi † (1891)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Anthony Randazzo (2016)
Bishop Richard James Umbers (2016)
Bishop Gregory Paul Homeming, O.C.D. (2017)
Bishop Brian Gregory Mascord (2018)
Bishop Daniel Joseph Meagher (2021)
Bishop Anthony Gerard Percy (2025)
Bishop Peter Mel Murphy (2025)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Robert Michael McGuckin (2012)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 91447422
WikiData: Q573256

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 8 Jan 2010
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 172, Number 14,450
ab: Bollettino, 18 Sep 2014
i: CB, 28 Sep 2014

Home | Countries | Religious Men Women | Popes | Holy See | Roman Curia | Cardinals by Rank
Bishops: All | Living | Deceased | Youngest | Oldest | Cardinal Electors
Dioceses: All | Current Only | Titular | Vacant | Structured View
Events: Overview | Recent | by Date | by Year | Necrology
Ad Limina | Conclaves | Consistories | Councils
Eastern Catholic Churches

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2025
Code: web_b, v3.4.3, 19 May 2025; Data: 3 Jul 2025

✠