Bishop Michael Fabian McCarthy

Bishop Emeritus of Rockhampton, Australia

Motto: Gloriari In Cruce

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
13 Sep 1950		Born
19 Nov 1977	27.1	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Brisbane, Australia
19 Aug 1978	27.9	Ordained Priest	Priest of Brisbane, Australia
10 Mar 2014	63.4	Appointed	Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia
29 May 2014	63.7	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia
1 Apr 2026	75.5	Retired	Bishop of Rockhampton, Australia

MicroData Summary
Michael Fabian McCarthy
Bishop Michael Fabian McCarthy
(born 13 Sep 1950)
Bishop Emeritus of Rockhampton

Ad Limina - June 2019: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Toowoomba
Ordained Deacon St. Michael's, Church, Daceyville
Ordained Priest St. Stephen's, Cathedral, Brisbane, Archdiocese of Brisbane
Ordained Bishop Saint Joseph, Cathedral, Rockhampton, Diocese of Rockhampton

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Rockhampton.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Bishop Patrick Laurence Murphy †
Titular Bishop of Aquae in Numidia
Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Francis Roberts Rush †
Archbishop of Brisbane
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge
Archbishop of Brisbane
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher
Titular Archbishop of Hodelm
Bishop Brian Heenan
Bishop Emeritus of Rockhampton

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge (2002)
Archbishop of Brisbane
Archbishop Denis James Hart (1997)
Archbishop of Melbourne
Archbishop George Pell † (1987)
Archbishop of Melbourne
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 Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Kenneth Michael Howell (2017)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 43860354
WikiData: Q15921547

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 10 Mar 2014
ob: CB, 16 Mar 2014
c2+: CB, 25 Mar 2014
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 218, Number 18,170
r: Bollettino, 1 Apr 2026

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