Bishop

Announcement of the 40th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Diocese of Broken Bay

Pope Appoints Bishop Anthony Randazzo

Apostolic Administrator of the
Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross,
Australia

Media Release on Bishop Anthony’s appointment to Apostolic Administrator of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, Australia.

Bishop Anthony's Easter Message 2023

LENTEN PENANCE LETTER 2023

The Season of Lent is a most important time of preparation for the celebration of Easter. It is an annual pilgrimage of grace whereby we are drawn more deeply into the mystery of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.

The Fathers of the Second Vatican Council taught that the Lenten liturgy has a twofold means of preparation. By remembering their own Baptism and undertaking penance, the liturgy assists in the renewal and ongoing formation of the faithful (cf. Sacrosanetum Concilium 109). The formation of catechumens via the various stages of the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults is equally an important part of Lent (cf. GIRM 27).

Most Rev Anthony Randazzo DD JCL

On 7 October 2019, Pope Francis appointed Most Rev Anthony Randazzo DD JCL the fourth Bishop of Broken Bay.

Born in Sydney, Bishop Anthony grew up in southeast Queensland and went on to study at the Pius XII Provincial Seminary and the University of Queensland. He was ordained a priest for Brisbane Archdiocese in 1991. After parish and diocesan responsibilities in Brisbane, Bishop Anthony moved to Rome, where he gained qualifications in canon law from the Pontifical Gregorian University. He would later work for five years at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.