Facilitation Team
The Plenary Council Facilitation Team is a resource for the Catholic Church in Australia and we are humbled by the opportunity to be a part of the Plenary Council process of listening, dialogue, consultation and discernment. We welcome your feedback, input and ideas and have provided our direct contact details below and on the Contact Us page. We look forward to working together.
Fr Noel Conolly
Columban Missionary Priest Senior Lecturer and Head of Mission and Culture, BBI-TAITE
Executive Committee
In June 2017, the Bishops Commission for the Plenary Council announced the members of the Plenary Council Executive Committee. The Committee members have particular expertise and work together in an advisory capacity to help ensure the successful preparation, celebration and implementation of the Plenary Council 2020.- Mr Daniel Ang – Broken Bay
- Mr Shayne Bennett – Brisbane
- Br Ian Cribb SJ – Broken Bay
- Dr Gemma Cruz – Melbourne
- Sr Moya Hanlen FDNSC – Sydney
- Ms Sally Hood – Brisbane
- Mr John Lochowiak – Adelaide
- Dr Brigid McKenna – Hobart
- Ms Sarah Moffatt – Adelaide
- Sr Grace Roclawska CSFN – Parramatta
- Rev Dr Ormond Rush – Townsville
- Dr Debra Sayce – Perth
- Mrs Theresa Simon – Sydney (Maronite Church)
- Dr Nigel Zimmerman – Parramatta
- Mr Shane Dwyer and Fr Ian Waters are additional consultants to the Executive Committee.
Bishops Commission
Chair of the Commission & President of the Plenary Council:- Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB
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- Paul Bowell
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Diocesan Coordinators
(Under construction) Click your Diocesan Coordinator to email them about applying to be a delegate for Plenary Council 2020 Session 1.
- Adelaide, Sarah Moffatt
- Adelaide, Merrilyn Bennier
- Armidale, Elizabeth O'Brien
- Armidale, Deacon Paul Manvell
- Ballarat, Jane Collins
- Ballarat, Fr Kevin Maloney
- Bathurst, Mrs Jenny Allen
- Bathurst, Deacon Josh Clayton
- Brisbane, Eric Robinson
- Broken Bay, Hazel Lim
- Broken Bay, Jenny Hildebrandt
- Broome, Aidan Mitchell
- Sandhurst, Ruth Lawlor
- Sandhurst, Lyn Breen
- Sandhurst, Fr Brian Boyle
- Sydney, Daniel Ang
- Sydney, Dr Sandy Lynch
- Sydney, Silvana Scarfe
- Sydney, Fadi Hajjar
- Sydney, Barbara Perry
- Toowoomba, Mary Otto
- Toowoomba, Ingrid Mctaggart
- Townsville, Neil Helmore
- Townsville, Geoff Gowdie
- Wagga Wagga, Fr Bernie Thomas
- Wilcannia-Forbes, Elizabeth Young
- Wollongong, Jude Hennessy
- Wollongong, Daniel Hopper
- Wollongong, John Tubridy
- Eastern Churches, Theresa Simon
- Armenian Church, Anne Gharibian
- Catholic Religious Australia, Sylvia McRitchie-Hook
- Catholic Religious Australia, Sr Anne Walker
- AMPJPS , Lawrie Hallinan
- Catholic Health Australia, Anthony Gooley
- Chaldean Catholic Church, Waseem Hermiz
- Syrian Catholic Community, Ragdan Bashir