Peter Elliott | |
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| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne | |
 Elliott in 2008 | |
| Archdiocese | Melbourne |
| See | Melbourne |
| Appointed | 30 April 2007 |
| Term ended | 3 November 2018 |
| Other post(s) | Titular Bishop of Manaccenser (2007-present) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 19 February 1973 by Lawrence Joseph Shehan |
| Consecration | 30 April 2007 by Denis James Hart (co-consecrators:George Pell,Ambrose Battista De Paoli |
| Rank | Bishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Peter John Elliott (1943-10-01)1 October 1943 (age 81)[1][2] Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Education | Melbourne Grammar School |
| Alma mater | |
| Motto | Parare Vias Eius (Prepare His Way) |
| Styles of Peter Elliott | |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | His Lordship or My Lord Bishop |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Peter John Elliott (born 1 October 1943)[3][4] is a retired Australianbishop of theCatholic Church who served as anauxiliary bishop of theArchdiocese of Melbourne from 2007 to 2018. He is also an author, writing a number of published works that predominantly concern the celebration of Catholic liturgy.
Elliot was born and grew up inMelbourne, where his father served as anAnglican priest. Elliott was received into the Catholic Church while a student at theUniversity of Oxford.[5][6]
Elliot is of partialSorbian descent. His maternal grandmother came from a family ofLutheran Sorbs who immigrated to theWimmera region ofVictoria, from what is now theGerman state ofSaxony in the early 19th century.[7] Their emigration from Germany was motivated by their dissent from theunion of Lutheran and Calvinist churches that had recently taken place there.[7]
Elliott earned an honours degree in history from theUniversity of Melbourne, where he was a resident student atTrinity College. He was then awarded the Marley Studentship to study atTrinity College Theological School.[8] He later read theology at the University of Oxford, then returned to Australia, studying for the Catholic priesthood at Corpus Christi College, Glen Waverley.[6] In addition, Elliott completed his doctorate in sacred theology (STD) from thePontifical Lateran University'sInstitute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Rome, writing a thesis on the sacramentality of marriage.[9][6]
On 19 February 1973, Elliot was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Melbourne by CardinalLawrence Joseph Shehan, the Archbishop of Baltimore, during the 40thInternational Eucharistic Congress which took place in Melbourne and to which Shehan served as papal legate. Elliott then served as an assistant priest in several appointments in the archdiocese as well as secretary to Bishop John A. Kelly from 1979 to 1984.[6]
Elliot returned to Rome as an official of thePontifical Council for the Family at theVatican, serving for 10 years beginning in 1987. His service to the council included the promotion of marriage and family life at high-profile United Nations conferences.[9]
Elliott has also served in the Roman Curia as a consultator for theCongregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and as a member ofAnglicanae Traditiones, the inter-dicasterial commission charged with preparing the liturgical books to be used by thePersonal ordinariates which Pope Benedict XVI established for Anglican converts to Catholicism.[9]
On 30 April 2007,Pope Benedict XVI appointed him anauxiliary bishop ofMelbourne and thetitular bishop ofManaccenser.[10] He received his episcopal consecration from ArchbishopDenis Hart of Melbourne on 15 June 2007, with CardinalGeorge Pell of Sydney and ArchbishopAmbrose Battista De Paoli, theHoly See'sapostolic nuncio to Australia, serving as principal co-consecrators.[11]
Following his ordination as a bishop, Elliot served on both the Bishops' Liturgy Commission and the National Liturgical Council of Australia.[12]
Pope Francis announced in November 2018 that he had accepted Elliott's resignation, which was submitted on reaching the retirement age of 75.
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