Brian Mascord

The Most Reverend Brian Mascord
5th Roman Catholic Bishop of Wollongong
Church	St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Wollongong
Archdiocese	Sydney
Province	New South Wales
Diocese	Wollongong
Appointed	30 November 2017
Installed	22 February 2018
Predecessor	Peter William Ingham
Orders
Ordination	31 October 1992 by Leo Clarke
Consecration	22 February 2018 by Anthony Fisher, Peter Ingham, William Wright
Personal details
Born	Brian Gregory Mascord (1959-01-30) 30 January 1959 (age 65) Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Occupation	Roman Catholic bishop
Profession	priest
Alma mater	St Patrick's Seminary, Manly
Motto	"For all things give thanks"

Brian Gregory Mascord (born 30 January 1959) is an Australian bishop. He is the fifth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wollongong.^[1]

Mascord was born in Newcastle, New South Wales. He is the son of Ron Mascord and Margaret Callinan. He was educated at St Joseph's Catholic School in Charlestown and St Pius X College in Adamstown.^[2]

Before entering St. Patrick's Seminary in Manly, Mascord earned a diploma of teaching at the Catholic College of Education (now part of the Australian Catholic University) in Castle Hill, spending six years teaching in a Catholic primary school. He was ordained on 31 October 1992 at Sacred Heart Church in Hamilton.^[3] He then worked in a parish in pastoral care before becoming pastor of the parish of St Mary MacKillop in Charlestown, New South Wales, director of the pastoral ministry in the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle and a member of the diocesan committee for the liturgy. Since 2013, Mascord was also vicar general of the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.^[4]

On 30 November 2017, Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Wollongong.^[5]

Consecration

Mascord was consecrated as a bishop on 22 February 2018, at the WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong. His principal consecrator was Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP, Archbishop of Sydney, while the principal co-consecrators were Bishop Peter Ingham, Bishop Emeritus of Wollongong, and Bishop William Wright, Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle.^[6]

References

1. Catholic Hierarchy website, accessed 2 December 2017.
2. Ordination booklet, 22 February 2018, Diocese of Wollongong.
3. "Pope Francis names Fr Brian Mascord fifth Bishop of Wollongong". Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
4. Illawarra Mercury, 1 December 2017.
5. Newcastle Herald 1 December 2017
6. Catholic Hierarchy website, Accessed 21 January 201.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Peter Ingham	Bishop of Wollongong 2018–present	Succeeded by Incumbent