Richard Umbers (bishop)
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The Most Reverend Richard Umbers |
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| Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney | |
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| Archdiocese | Sydney |
| See | Thala |
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| Ordination | 1 September 2002 by Javier Echevarría Rodríguez |
| Consecration | 24 August 2016 by Anthony Fisher |
| Rank | Bishop |
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| Birth name | Richard James Umbers |
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March 17, 1971 Otahuhu, New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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| Motto |
Fides et ratio ("Faith and reason") |
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Styles of Richard Umbers |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | His Lordship or My Lord Bishop |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Richard James Umbers (born 17 March 1971) is an auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney and the youngest Catholic bishop in Australia. He is also the first priest of Opus Dei to be appointed a bishop in Australia.
Umbers was born in Otahuhu, New Zealand on 17 March 1971 to Declan and Mary Umbers, the youngest of five children and brother to Anthony, Andrew, Gregory and Margaret, and was raised in Papatoetoe. He originally studied management at the University of Waikato in 1989 but transferred to University of Sydney in 1992 to receive more intense formation at a Centre of Opus Dei in Chatswood, New South Wales. He graduated with a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Sydney and a Masters of Management from the University of Waikato, New Zealand.
Umbers entered the Opus Dei Seminary of Cavabianca, Rome in 1996 and studied at Santa Croce Pontifical University, Rome, achieving a Bachelor of Theology in 1999. Between 1999-2002, Bishop Umbers studied at the University of Navarre, Spain where he received a Doctorate in Philosophy. On 14 February 2002 he was ordained a deacon, and was subsequently ordained a priest by Bishop Javier Echevarría, Prelate of Opus Dei, on 1 September 2002 at the Marian shrine of Torreciudad, Spain. He and Anthony Randazzo were consecrated bishops on 24 August 2016.
Umbers has been based in Sydney since 2003, and has been chaplain of several educational institutions including Warrane College (2003-04; 2012-16) and Creston College (2012-16), residential colleges affiliated with the University of New South Wales, and Redfield College (2005-11), a school of the Parents for Education Foundation. He has been a Lecturer for the Centre for Faith, Ethics and Society at the University of Notre Dame Australia. He was most recently a representative of the Archbishop on the Council of Priests of the Archdiocese of Sydney and a member representative for the Archdiocese to the St John of God Hospitals. He is widely published in the area of philosophy, regularly addresses gatherings of youth, has an interest in social media and has a library of his own podcasts.
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