John Bathersby

John Bathersby
Catholic archbishop (en) 3 Disamba 1991 - 14 Nuwamba, 2011 ← Francis Roberts Rush (en) - Mark Coleridge (en) → Dioceses: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane (en) 4. diocesan bishop (en) 17 ga Janairu, 1986 - ← John Ahern Torpie (en) - James Foley (en) → Dioceses: Roman Catholic Diocese of Cairns (en)
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Stanthorpe (mul) , 26 ga Yuli, 1936
ƙasa	Asturaliya
Ƙabila	Australians (en)
Mutuwa	9 ga Maris, 2020
Makwanci	Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane (en)
Karatu
Makaranta	Pontifical Gregorian University (en)
Sana'a
Sana'a	Catholic priest (en) da Catholic bishop (en)
Imani
Addini	Cocin katolika

John Alexius Bathersby (26 ga Yuli 1936 - 9 ga Maris 2020) bishop ne na Ostiraliya na Cocin Roman Katolika. Shi ne babban bishop na shida na Archdiocese na Brisbane, yana aiki daga 1991 har zuwa ritayarsa a 2011. An naɗa Bathersby da mukamin Emeritus Archbishop na Brisbane.

Shekarun farko

An haifi Bathersby a Stanthorpe, Queensland, Ostiraliya . Ɗan John Thomas da Grace Maud (née Conquest) Bathersby, John Alexius yana da babbar 'yar'uwa, Carmel, ƙaramin ɗan'uwa, Michael, da ƙannensa mata biyu, Suzanne da Anne. Ya yi karatun firamare a St Joseph's, Stanthorpe (1941–50) kuma ya kammala karatun sakandare a matsayin ɗan ƙaramin gida a Kwalejin Nudgee da ke Brisbane (1951–54). Daga makaranta ya shiga Kwalejin Pius XII ta Lardin, Banyo, inda ya fara horon aikin firist, kuma bayan kammala waɗannan karatun (1955–61), Bishop William Brennan ya naɗa shi firist a cocin gidansa na Stanthorpe a ranar 30 ga Yuni 1961.

Shekaru bakwai na farko a matsayin firist ya shafe shi a matsayin mataimaki kuma mai gudanarwa a Goondiwindi kafin a tura shi zuwa Rome a shekarar 1969 don ƙarin karatu inda ya kammala karatun lasisi a fannin tauhidi a Jami'ar Paparoma Gregorian da kuma difloma a fannin ruhaniya a Faculty of Theological Faculty Teresianum. A shekarar 1972 an naɗa shi a ma'aikatan Pius XII Seminary da ke Brisbane inda ya yi aiki a matsayin darektan ruhaniya na tsawon shekaru bakwai kafin ya koma Rome don samun digiri na uku a fannin tauhidi da ruhaniya a shekarar 1979. Ya koma makarantar tauhidi kafin a naɗa shi Bishop na Cairns a shekarar 1986.

Bishop na Cairns kuma Archbishop na Brisbane

A ranar 20 ga Maris 1986, Bishop Francis Rush ya naɗa Bathersby Bishop na Cairns, wanda zai gaje shi a Archdiocese na Brisbane a ranar 3 ga Disamba 1991, kuma ya naɗa shi Bishop na shida (kuma Archbishop na biyar) na Brisbane a ranar 30 ga Janairu 1992.

Bathersby memba ne na Tattaunawar Katolika da Methodist ta Duniya daga 1989 zuwa 1995 kuma memba ne na zartarwa na Ƙungiyar Bishofs' Conferences of Oceania daga 1991 zuwa Mayu 1994. Ya kasance tare da shugaban Tattaunawar Cocin Katolika da Haɗaka ta Australiya. Daga Yuli 1997 ya yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban Majalisar Coci-coci ta Ƙasa a Ostiraliya har zuwa Yuli 2000. A watan Janairu 2001, Paparoma John Paul II ya naɗa Bathersby a matsayin mataimakin shugaban Ƙungiyar Aiki ta Anglican -Roman Catholic Working Group (IARCCUM). Ya jagoranci Kwamitin Taron Bishofs na Katolika na Australiya don Mission da Fahimtar Imani, kuma memba ne na Kwamitin Dindindin na Bishofs.[1]

A shekara ta 2008, Cocin Katolika na St. Mary, da ke Kudancin Brisbane ya kasance abin muhawara bayan koke-koken cewa firist Peter Kennedy, wanda ya daɗe yana aiki a cocin, bai kiyaye koyarwa da al'adun Katolika na Roman ba. Duk da haka, ayyukan Kennedy sun shahara sosai, wanda ya jawo hankalin babban taro, wanda da yawa daga cikinsu suka ji kamar ba sa son Cocin Katolika. Duk da ƙoƙarin da Bathersby ya yi na shawo kan Kennedy ya koma ga wani ibada mai sauƙi, Kennedy ya ƙi. Daga ƙarshe Bathersby ya cire Kennedy a matsayin firist na cocin. Yawancin mabiyan Kennedy sun bar cocin tare da shi don ci gaba da gudanar da ibada a matsayin Al'ummar St Mary a cikin Fitowa a ginin Majalisar Kasuwanci da Ma'aikata da ke kan titin Peel (mita 200 daga Cocin Katolika na St Mary).