Denis Hart


Denis Hart
Archbishop Emeritus of Melbourne
ChurchRoman Catholic Church
ArchdioceseMelbourne
SeeMelbourne
Appointed22 June 2001
Installed1 August 2001
Term ended29 June 2018
PredecessorGeorge Pell
SuccessorPeter Comensoli
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination22 July 1967
by Arthur Francis Fox
Consecration9 December 1997
by George Pell
Personal details
Born
Denis James Hart

(1941-05-16) 16 May 1941 (age 83)
ResidenceSaint Patrick's Cathedral
Alma mater
MottoConstant in Faith
Ordination history of
Denis Hart
History
Priestly ordination
Ordained byArthur Francis Fox (Sale)
Date22 July 1967
PlaceSt Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne
Episcopal consecration
Principal consecratorGeorge Pell
Co-consecratorsFrank Little
Hilton Deakin
Date9 December 1997
PlaceSt Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Denis Hart as principal consecrator
Mark Coleridge19 June 2002
Christopher Prowse19 May 2003
Peter Elliott30 April 2007
Timothy Costelloe15 June 2007
Les Tomlinson17 June 2009
Vincent Long Van Nguyen23 June 2011
Paul Bird16 October 2012
Terence Curtin17 December 2014
Mark Stuart Edwards17 December 2014
Patrick O'Regan26 February 2015
Styles of
Denis James Hart
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Grace or My Lord Archbishop
Religious styleArchbishop

Denis James Hart (born 16 May 1941) is a retired Australian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Melbourne from 2001 to 2018.