Patrick Percival Power

Patrick Percival Power (11 February 1942 – 15 September 2025) was an Australian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn.

Quotes

• Walking with the poor, living with their ambiguity and uncertainties, being truly catholic and inclusive are just some of the challenges which we face as Church if we are to be true to the Gospel. As well, we need to be a humbler Church, a less clerical Church, a more forgiving Church. We should seek to minister to whole persons, not just to their intellects if we are to offer them a true experience of God as revealed in Jesus.
  • H. Exc. Most Rev. Patrick Percival POWER, Titular Bishop of Oreto, Auxiliary of Canberra, Australia (24 November 1998) Press Office of the Holy See

• The universal call to holiness espoused by the Council, encourages all to be actively part of the life of the pilgrim Church. The primacy of conscience re-affirmed by Vatican II, respects the unique responsibility each Christian has before God.
  • “World Youth Day in Sydney 2008: a great opportunità for growth and evangelisation for the Church in Australia”, said retired Archbishop of Sydney Cardinal Edward Clancy (31 August 2005) Fides News Agency