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Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB

Archbishop of Perth

Born in Melbourne Timothy Costelloe worked in industry and started studying to be a teacher before joining the Salesians of Don Bosco in 1977. In 1985 he made his Final Profession as a Salesian of Don Bosco and was ordained to the priesthood in 1986.

After three years as Religious Education Coordinator at Salesian College, Chadstone, he went to Rome to complete a Licentiate in Sacred Theology at the Salesian Pontifical University in 1991. He returned to Melbourne to lecture in Systematic Theology at Catholic Theological College.

In 1996 he became parish priest of St Joachim’s, Victoria Park, WA and lectured in theology at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle. He also completed his doctorate in theology from the Melbourne College of Divinity.

He wasappointed as Rector of the Salesian formation community in Melbourne in 2000 and resumed teaching commitments at Catholic Theological College. In 2006 he became parish priest of St John the Baptist Parish, Clifton Hill and in the following year of the adjoining parish of St Joseph’s, Collingwood. He was a member of the Provincial Council of the Salesians from 2002-2007, Provincial Delegate for Formation in the Australian Province from 2003-2007, and Regional Delegate for Formation for the East Asia-Oceania Salesian region in 2006.

Archbishop Costelloe was appointed Titular Bishop of Clonard and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne on 30 April 2007. As an auxiliary bishop in Melbourne, he was given responsibility for the northern region of the Archdiocese and made Episcopal Vicar for Tertiary Education, Chair of the Catholic Education