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Installing a New Bishop

By now you would have heard the news that Most Rev Anthony Fisher op has been appointed the third Bishop of Parramatta.  He succeeds Bishop Manning, who, according to Canon Law, had to submit his resignation upon reaching his 75th birthday in 2008.
The first liturgical celebration Bishop Fisher celebrates as Bishop of Parramatta is his Installation Mass on Thursday 4 March.  When a bishop takes possession of his diocese, he is either episcopally ordained, or he is installed as bishop.  In Bishop Fisher’s case, as he is already a bishop …