Bishop of Toowoomba
Bishop Kenneth Michael Howell was born in Brisbane on 20 February 1958. After work experience, he entered the provincial seminary of Banyo, where he carried out his ecclesiastical studies. He was ordained a priest for the clergy of Brisbane on 24 June 1983. After serving as deputy priest in various parish communities, he obtained a licentiate in sacred liturgy from the Pontifical Saint Anselm Athenaeum in Rome. He went on to hold the offices of secretary to Archbishop John Bathersby, deputy administrator of the Cathedral of Brisbane and magistral chaplain of the Sovereign Order of Malta in Queensland, vice rector of the Holy Spirit Provincial Seminary, administrator of Saint Stephen’s Cathedral, dean of the deanery of Brisbane Centre, administrator of Saint Mary’s parish in South Brisbane, parish priest of Burleigh Heads, president of the archdiocesan Commission for the Liturgy, member of the National Council for Liturgical Music and president of the home for retired priests. He was elected titular bishop of Tamugadi and auxiliary of Brisbane on 28 March 2017, and consecrated the following 14 June. Within the Australian Episcopal Conference, he is a member of the Episcopal Commission for the Liturgy.