Brian Mascord

Brian Gregory Mascord (born 30 January 1959 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia)[1] is the fifth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wollongong.

The Most Reverend Brian Mascord
5th Roman Catholic Bishop of Wollongong
Church	St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Wollongong
Archdiocese	Sydney
Province	New South Wales
Diocese	Wollongong
Appointed	30 November 2017
Installed	22 February 2018
Predecessor	Peter William Ingham
Orders
Ordination	31 October 1992 (priest) in Sacred Heart Church, Hamilton by Bishop Leo E. Clarke
Consecration	22 February 2018 at the WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong by Archbishop Anthony Fisher (principal consecrator); Bishop Peter Ingham, Bishop William Wright
Personal details
Birth name	Brian Gregory Mascord
Born	(1959-01-30) 30 January 1959 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Occupation	Roman Catholic bishop
Profession	priest
Alma mater	St Patrick's Seminary, Manly
Motto	For all things give thanks

He is the son of Ron Mascord and Margaret Callinan. He was educated at St. Joseph's Catholic School, Charlestown and St Pius X College, Adamstown.[2]

Before entering St. Patrick's Seminary in Manly, Mascord earned a diploma of teaching at the Catholic College of Education (now part of the Australian Catholic University) in Castle Hill, spending six years teaching in a Catholic primary school. He received the sacrament of Holy Orders on 31 October 1992 at the Sacred Heart Church in Hamilton.[3]

He then worked in a parish in pastoral care, before becoming pastor of the parish of St. Mary MacKillop in Charlestown, New South Wales, director of the pastoral ministry in the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle and a member of the diocesan committee for the liturgy. Since 2013, Mascord was also Vicar General of the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.[4]

On 30 November 2017, Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Wollongong.[5]