Geoffrey Jarrett
Retired Australian Roman Catholic bishop)
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Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett (born 1 December 1937) is a retired Australian Roman Catholic bishop who was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lismore.
Geoffrey Jarrett | |
|---|---|
| Bishop Emeritus of Lismore | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of Lismore |
| In office | 1 December 2001 – 20 December 2016 |
| Predecessor | John Steven Satterthwaite |
| Successor | Greg Homeming |
| Previous posts | Apostolic Administrator of Brisbane (2011-2012) Coadjutor Bishop of Lismore (2000-2001) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 14 May 1970 by Guilford Clyde Young |
| Consecration | 22 February 2001 by Edward Clancy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett 1 December 1937 |
| Denomination | Roman Catholicism |
| Occupation | Bishop |
Formerly an Anglican priest, Jarrett converted to the Catholic Church in 1965.[1] He was ordained a priest in Sydney on 14 May 1970 by the Archbishop of Hobart, Guilford Clyde Young.
Pope John Paul II appointed him coadjutor bishop of Lismore on 9 December 2000. His episcopal consecration was presided by the Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal Edward Clancy, on 22 February 2001 at St Carthage's Cathedral, Lismore; his co-consecrators were Francesco Canalini (apostolic nuncio in Australia) and John Satterthwaite (Bishop of Lismore). He chose Supra firmam petram as his motto.
After John Satterthwaite's resignation, he succeeded him on 1 December 2001 as Bishop of Lismore and was installed on 12 December.
Pope Francis accepted his age-related resignation on 20 December 2016.[2]
He was succeeded by Greg Homeming on 22 February 2017.[3][4]
