Bishop of Parramatta
On 16 June 2016, Most Rev Vincent Long Van Nguyen OFM Conv was installed as the fourth Bishop of Parramatta at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta. “Welcome to the Diocese of Parramatta. I am honoured, humbled and grateful for the opportunity to serve the Church in Parramatta. As guided by my motto “go further into the deep” (Lk 5:4), I am pleased that we cast into the deep interior of Western Sydney, all the way to the beautiful Blue Mountains and the fertile plains of the Hawkesbury River. There is an African adage that says “you sit on the old mat to weave the new one”.