Timothy John Costelloe

Costelloe in 2013

Timothy John Costelloe (3 February 1954 –) is an Australian prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Perth.

Quotes

• The Catholic Church is present and active right across Australia and each diocese has its own characteristics and history, and its own unique challenges and opportunities, all underpinned by our common faith. There really is unity in diversity among the bishops and the choice of the Archbishop of Perth as the new president demonstrates this.
  • Q&A with newly-instated Australian Catholic Bishops Conference president (19 July 2022) The Catholic Leader

• There's a universal feeling across the church in Australia that we have begun a way of being the church in Australia that we cannot now go back on. So we have launched ourselves into this journey. When we started, the notion of a synodal church hadn't yet emerged so clearly in the thinking of the pope, but that is in fact what we were doing.
  • Exclusive interview: Australian Archbishop Costelloe tells Pope Francis ‘The church in Australia is alive.’ (4 November 2022) America