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Most Rev Adrian L. Doyle AM DD - Archbishop of Hobart

Adrian Leo Doyle was born on November 16, 1936, Hobart, son of the late Gertrude (nee O'Donnell) and Leo Doyle and brother to Moya (Mrs Hickey, Brisbane) and Brian (Melbourne).
He was educated at St Mary's College, Hobart; Sacred Heart College, New Town; St Virgil's College, Hobart, before starting studies for the priesthood on March 1, 1955, at Corpus Christi College Read more...

 

Fr Mark Freeman VG VF PP - Vicar General

Fr Mark Freeman was born in Launceston Tasmania in 1959. He grew up as the third of six children (3 girls, 3 boys) of Mary & George Freeman.
Mark was educated by the Presentation Sisters at St Finn Barr’s, Invermay, and by the Christian Brothers at St Patrick’s College, Launceston. Read more...

 

Fr Terry Rush VF PP - Chancellor

Fr Terry Rush was born in Townsville Queensland in 1947. He was the first of six children of John and Bernadette Rush. He was educated by the Good Samaritan Sisters at St Margaret Mary’s, and then by the Christian Brothers at St John Fishers and Our Ladys Mount. After Seminary studies at Pius XII Seminary, Banyo Queensland Read more...

 

Fr Mike Delaney PP - Diocesan Consultor

Mike Delaney was born in Hobart, Tasmania on 3rd May 1951, the eldest of seven children of Trevor and Betty Delaney. He was educated by the Sisters of St Joseph at Sacred Heart, New Town, the Salesians at Savio College (now Dominic College) Glenorchy, the Christian Brothers at St Mary’s Technical College (Geelong, Vic) and St Virgil’s College, Hobart. After Seminary studies at Corpus Christi College (Werribee, Glen Waverley and Clayton) he was ordained on 20th August 1975 in St Mary’s Cathedral, Hobart Read more...

 

Fr Brian Nichols ADM - Diocesan Consultor

Brian Nichols born in Queenstown, Tasmania, is the son of Ina and the late Tasman Nichols.
His elder married brother John has lived for many years in London and his married twin sister Beth lives in Noosa, Queensland. Read more...

 

Fr Peter O’Loughlin PP- Diocesan Consultor

John and Noreen O’Loughlin welcomed me into the world on 4th August 1940. My parents,  brothers (John and Michael) and sisters (Mary and Anne) were long time residents of West Hobart, and members of the Cathedral Parish where I was an altar server and influenced by the example of Fr. Rex Donohue. Read more...

 

Fr John Girdauskas PP- Diocesan Consultor

John was educated by the Sisters of Mercy, Marist Fathers and for a short period of time at Burnie State High School. In 1975 he entered the Marist Fathers Seminary in Sydney and was ordained a priest in the Burnie Civic Centre on the 20th May 1983 by Archbishop Guilford Young. He has spent most of his ministry life working in parishes on the mainland and in Tasmania. In the year 2000, John was appointed to the Newstead Parish in Launceston Read more...

 

Peter Cusick B.Comm, FCPA, GAICD - Business Manager

Peter was educated at St.Cuthberts School and St.Virgils College. He completed a B.Comm in 1982 at UTAS majoring in accounting.
He commenced employment with the State Public Service in the Agricultural Bank and resigned from the position of accountant, State Treasury, in 1985 to take up the role of Archdiocesan Accountant. Read more...

 

 

Virginia Miller - Financial Controller

Ms Miller has been employed as the Financial Controller of the Archdiocese since July 2003.
She was educated at Sacred Heart College, New Town and completed an honours degree in Economics at the University of Tasmania. She has worked at the Australian Taxation Office, as a consultant to a chartered accountant and as a lecturer at the University of Tasmania. Read more...