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Bishop Quinn resigns
Bishop Quinn, second from left, in a pastoral setting that he enjoyed: at the Bunbury Diocese's Jubilee Charity conPhoto Brian Coyne cert last January at the Leeuwin Estate. With him are members of the Seeber family.
Bishop Quinn at his sister's North Perth residence last week.
By Peter Rosengren Pope John Paul II has accepted Bishop Peter Quinn of Bunbury's resignation 50 years after the Bishop was ordained a priest. The Pope's personal representative in Australia, Archbishop Francesco Canalini, released the news last Wednesday week just after the Christmas edition of The Record was printed. Bishop Quinn, aged 73, had submitted his resignation earlier than the canonical age when bishops must normally offer their resignation to the Pope - 75 years of age - for health reasons. He has headed the Bunbury Diocese since his appointment to it in 1982. His resignation has brought to an official end the career of the former Highgate altar boy who
was recruited as a high school student to St Charles Seminary by Archbishop Redmond Prendiville in 1942. Bishop Quinn was able to announce his retirement at his Golden jubilee celebration of priestly ordination held in Bunbury last Thursday 21 December, 50 years to the day after his ordination in Rome. Although he will no longer be officially known as the Bishop of Bunbury, Bishop Quinn will remain as apostolic administrator of the diocese until a successor is announced. He told The Record in an interview in Perth on Friday 22 December that although he did not know when this would be, he expected the announcement could happen in another two or three months. "Icarry away tremendous memories of dedication, loyalty and love of the Church of the people in the Diocese of Bunbury and
In other pastoral fields: Bishop Quinn blesses a new garden outside St Matthew's Church, Narrogin, assisted by Fr Michael Slattery.
their desire to spread the good- . . . . and will make myself avail- us an awareness of alternative ness of God around them," he able to the Archbishop, and he ways of making the Gospel come assures me there will be plenty of alive and of involving people in said. "It's a good memory for me. to opportunities," he said. the life of the Church," he said. He agreed he regarded himself take away," he added. Now thirty-one years a Bishop, Bishop Quinn said his health as very much a Bishop of the Sec- much of his career had been had declined in recent years and ond Vatican Council. devoted to increasing the involveHaving been raised in a pre- ment of ordinary Catholic men he felt he did not have the energy to lead a diocese as extensive as Conciliar Church and made a and women in Church life and Bunbury, which stretches from Bishop in 1969 only a few years this had also been a focus during Esperance in the south-east to after the Council closed, Bishop his leadership of the Diocese of Albany, and Mandurah on the Quinn bridged the two eras in his life and work. west coast. The Bishop nominated two BunHe worked with Archbishop His Golden jubilee had therebury examples: the Pastoral Forfore been a suitable time to seek Launcelot Goody for 13 years durmation Program and the Mustard ing a time when that Archbishop to resign. program. He said he had chosen to do so was implementing the ideals and Seed Based on a correspondence Vatican II. cleardirectives of for the good of the Diocese, with live-in in-services and course This had meant lots of diocesan ing the way for a healthier and tutorials, the Pastoral telephone younger man to follow in his pastoral planning and the establishment of bodies such as a Formation Program sought to edusteps. After a successor is appointed, diocesan pastoral council, the WA cate lay Catholics in ministry, he plans to return to Perth where Catholic Education Commission instruct them in the spirituality of he was born and raised, and to and, at the local level, parish coun- serving the Church and to develop the skills to be able to offer cils. continue working. "They were exciting times pastoral service. "I hope to still be helpful to the Continued on Page 15 Church in a less-demanding way because the new structures gave