Christopher Prowse

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The Most Reverend Christopher Prowse
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn and Apostolic Administrator of the Military Diocese of Australia
Prowse in St Christopher's Cathedral
Diocese	Canberra – Goulburn
See	Canberra & Goulburn
Installed	19 November 2013
Predecessor	Mark Coleridge
Other post(s)	Bishop of Sale (2009–2013)
Orders
Ordination	16 August 1980 (priest) in St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne by Frank Little[1]
Consecration	19 May 2003 (bishop) in St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne by Denis Hart[1]
Personal details
Born	Christopher Charles Prowse (1953-11-14) 14 November 1953 (age 70) East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Parents	Frank Prowse and Marian Atkinson
Occupation	Cleric
Profession	Roman Catholic bishop
Alma mater	Monash University: Melbourne College of Divinity Pontifical Gregorian University; Pontifical Lateran University
Coat of arms

Styles of Christopher Prowse
Reference style	His Grace
Spoken style	Your Grace

Christopher Charles Prowse (born 14 November 1953 in East Melbourne, Victoria^[1]) is an Australian Roman Catholic bishop. He is currently the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Canberra – Goulburn; appointed to the post on 12 September 2013 and installed as archbishop on 19 November 2013. On 12 September 2016, Prowse was named as apostolic administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wagga Wagga following the retirement of Bishop Gerard Hanna. On 26 May 2020, Pope Francis announced Mark Stuart Edwards would become the sixth Bishop of Wagga Wagga, however Prowse remained apostolic administrator until Bishop Edwards' installation on 22 July 2020.

Prowse served as the director of the Catholic Pastoral Formation Centre (1997-2001) and from 1999 was the media spokesman. He has been co-chair of the Australian Anglican and Roman Catholic Dialogue, and a member of the executive committee of the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences in Oceania. In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him a member of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree (Monash University 1978), a Bachelor of Theology degree (Melbourne College of Divinity 1979), a Licentiate in Moral Theology (Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, 1987) and a Doctorate in Moral Theology (Pontifical Lateran University - Alfonsianum Academy, Rome, 1995).^[2]