Archbishop of Brisbane
Archbishop-elect Shane Mackinlay was born in Brunswick, Melbourne, on 5 June 1965. He entered the Corpus Christi College Provincial Seminary, and obtained a bachelor’s degree in theology from Melbourne College of Divinity and a three-year degree in physics from Monash University. He was awarded a doctorate in philosophy from KU Leuven. He was ordained a priest for the diocese of Ballarat on 6 September 1991. He has held the following offices: parish vicar (1992-1997) in Colac and at the Cathedral of Ballarat; parish priest of Sebastopol, secretary to Bishop Peter J. Connors and lecturer at the Australian Catholic University, Ballarat Campus; member of the College of Consultors of Ballarat (1999-2003 and 2008-2013); lecturer at the Catholic Theological College of Melbourne, as well as president of the Advisory Council of the bishop of Ballarat (2010-2019). He was appointed bishop of Sandhurst on 23 July 2019, and received episcopal ordination the following 16 October. Within the Australian Episcopal Conference he is a member of the Standing Committee and has served as vice president of the Fifth Plenary Council of the Catholic Church in Australia.