Commission of Victoria, Chair of the Mannix College Council, Chair of the Steering Committee for the Catholic Leadership Centre, Chair of the Advisory Board of the Archbishop’s Office for Evangelisation and the Archbishop’s delegate for Youth Ministry in the Archdiocese of Melbourne. He was also an Adjunct Professor at the Australian Catholic University.

On 20 February 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Archbishop Costelloe as the ninth Bishop and sixth Archbishop of Perth. He was solemnly installed on 21 March 2012.

In the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Archbishop Costelloe is currently a member of the Permanent Committee, the Bishops Commission for Doctrine and Morals and the Bishops Commission for the Plenary Council. He was appointed by the Pope Francis as President of the Plenary Council 2020 in March 2018.

Ms Andrea Dean

Director,Office for the Participation of Women and the Office for Lay Pastoral Ministry

Andrea Dean grew up in the small gold mining village of Adelong on the south western slopes of New South Wales. After training as teacher she worked in various fields of education for more than 30 years.

Initially she taught in rural New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. A highlight was the time she spent living in Papua New Guinea where she worked in the Vanimo district from 1993 to 1996.

Eventually settling in Canberra, Andrea has been involved in leadership, facilitation and teaching through the Catholic Education Office, the Australian Catholic University and the University of Canberra. In 2004, she received a Churchill Fellowship and visited the USA to investigate programs in teacher formation. For