John Bathersby
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The Most Reverend John Bathersby |
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| Roman Catholic archbishop | |
| Province | Brisbane |
| Diocese | Archdiocese of Brisbane |
| Installed | 3 December 1991 |
| Term ended | 14 November 2011 |
| Predecessor | Francis Roberts Rush |
| Successor | Mark Coleridge |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 30 June 1961 (Priest) in Stanthorpe, Queensland |
| Consecration | 20 March 1986 (Bishop) in |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | John Alexius Bathersby |
| Born |
26 July 1936 Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
| Parents | John Thomasand Grace Maud (née Conquest) Bathersby |
| Occupation | Roman Catholic bishop |
| Profession | Cleric |
| Alma mater |
Pius XII Seminary, Banyo Gregorian University, Rome Terasianum University |
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Styles of John Bathersby |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Grace |
| Religious style | Emeritus Archbishop |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
John Alexius Bathersby (born 26 July 1936, Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia) is a retired Australian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the sixth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Brisbane, serving from 1991 until his retirement in 2011. Bathersby is conferred with the title Emeritus Archbishop of Brisbane.
The son of John Thomas and Grace Maud (née Conquest) Bathersby, John Alexius had an older sister, Carmel, a younger brother, Michael, and two younger sisters, Suzanne and Anne. He received his primary schooling at St Joseph's, Stanthorpe (1941–50) and his secondary schooling as a boarder at Nudgee College in Brisbane (1951–54). From school he entered the Pius XII Provincial Seminary, Banyo, where he began his training for the priesthood and, on completion of those studies (1955–61), he was ordained a priest in his home parish of Stanthorpe by Bishop William Brennan on 30 June 1961.
His first seven years as a priest were spent as an assistant and administrator at Goondiwindi before being sent to Rome in 1969 for further studies where he completed a licentiate in theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University and a diploma in spirituality at the Pontifical Theological Faculty Teresianum. In 1972 he was appointed to the staff of Pius XII Seminary in Brisbane where he served as spiritual director for seven years before returning to Rome for a doctorate in theology and spirituality in 1979. He returned to the seminary before being appointed Bishop of Cairns in 1986.
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