Harry Entwistle

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The Reverend Monsignor

Harry Entwistle

PA
Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross
Coat of arms of Harry Entwistle.svg
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Appointed15 June 2012
Term ended27 March 2019
Predecessornew post
SuccessorCarl Reid
Other post(s)Western Regional Bishop (ACCA), (2006–2012)
Orders
Ordination20 September 1964 (C of E)
15 June 2012 (RCC)
by Timothy Costelloe (Catholic)
Consecration24 November 2006 (ACCA)
Personal details
Born (1940-05-31) 31 May 1940 (age 81)
Chorley, Lancashire, England
NationalityBritish
DenominationRoman Catholic
(formerly Anglican)
Alma materSt Chad's Theological College
MottoPar ce signe
"By this sign"
Coat of armsHarry Entwistle's coat of arms

Harry Entwistle (born 31 May 1940) is an English-born Australian priest of the Catholic Church who was the first ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (2012–2019).[1][2]

Early life[]

Entwistle was born on 31 May 1940.[3] He studied theology for ordination at St Chad's Theological College, University of Durham.[4]

Ordained ministry[]

Anglican[]

Entwistle was ordained a priest in the Church of England Diocese of Blackburn in 1964. After various parish appointments in Lancashire, he became a prison chaplain, serving at HMP Wandsworth from 1981 to 1988. He migrated to Australia in 1988 and continued his parish and prison ministry in the Diocese of Perth of the Anglican Church of Australia. He entered the Anglican Catholic Church in Australia, a member church of the Traditional Anglican Communion, in 2006.[4] He served as Western Regional Bishop of that church from 2006 to 2012.[5]

Roman Catholic[]

After reception into the Roman Catholic Church and ordination as a deacon, Entwistle was ordained to the priesthood at St Mary's Cathedral, Perth, on 15 June 2012.[3] On the same day he was appointed Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross.[6] Entwistle was granted the title of Monsignor by Pope Benedict XVI in one of his last acts before retirement.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Official Vatican Website Archived 2013-01-14 at archive.today (retrieved 15 June 2012)
  2. ^ "The Anglo-Catholic - Ordinariate Established for Australia". Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Father Harry Entwistle [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  4. ^ a b "Holy See establishes ordinariate in Australia". Catholic Herald. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  5. ^ Staff (2012-06-18). "Oz gets an ordinariate". Anglican Journal. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  6. ^ "Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Australia and Japan". GCatholic. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
  7. ^ "Monsignor Harry Entwistle". The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross. Retrieved 2019-01-18.

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Catholic Church titles
New title Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross
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