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Christopher Prowse | |
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| 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 14 November 1953 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 |
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| Styles of Christopher Prowse | |
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| 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]