Archbishop Aspinall, Bishop Michael, Bishop Peter Grice

Bishop Michael welcomed Bishop Peter Grice at his Installation as the 13^th Anglican Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Rockhampton. 

Bishop Michael was extended an invitation by the Venerable Tom Henderson-Brooks, Administrator of the Anglican Diocese and invited to give a formal welcome on behalf of the Catholic Church and the other Christian denominations of the city at the end of the service. 

Bishop Peter had served as the Dean of Geraldton Cathedral in the diocese of North-West Australia since 2015.  As a family, Peter, Virginia and their five children, have ministered previously in the Dioceses of Armidale and North West Australia. 

Peter was born in Newcastle, NSW and completed High School in Wollongong, NSW. Attending the University of NSW he studied a Bachelor of Commerce/Law before working as a solicitor in Sydney. Later he would go on to complete Post Graduate theological studies. 

Bishop Peter with his wife, Virginia

Bishop Michael welcomed Bishop Peter and his family and assured him of his prayers for all God’s blessings. He also passed on to Bishop Peter an encouragement that he received on becoming a Bishop regarding ‘What a Bishop Does’. He relayed that a Diocesan Bishop will sometime, ‘Go before the flock pointing the way and keeping their hope vibrant; at other times, he will simply be in their midst with an unassuming merciful presence; other times, he will need to walk behind – helping those who have fallen behind; and, above all he allows the flock to strike out on new paths. Bishop Peter welcome, and may our time together be a wonderful time of cooperation as we work together, as in the prayer of Jesus, "May they be one as we are one".'

We join with Bishop Michael in welcoming Bishop Peter Grice and his family to the region.