The 5th Archbishop of Perth
and the Metropolitan of the Province of Western Australia

Street Address:
21 Victoria Square
Perth WA 6000
Postal Address:
PO Box 3311
Adelaide Terrace
Perth WA 6832
Telephone: +61 (0)8 9223 1351
Facsimile: +61 (0)8 9221 1716
E-mail: archsec@perthcatholic.org.au

Year of Birth :1936
Place of Birth: Leonora, Western Australia
Date of Ordination: 20th December 1958. Rome
Installed Archbishop of Perth: 27th August 1991

FAMILY

• Father: Gregory Hickey (dec.)
• Mother: Freda Hickey (Kruse) (dec.)

EARLY EDUCATION

• 1940-45 Presentation Convent, Wiluna, W.A.
• 1946-49 C.B.C. Kalgoorlie, W.A.
• 1950-55 St Charles Seminary, Guildford, W.A.
• 1955-59 Urbaniana University, Rome, Italy (Licentiate of Sacred Theology)
• ORDAINED PRIEST 20th December 1958. Rome

AFTER ORDINATION AS PRIEST

• ASSISTANT PRIEST 1959 - 1965 St Brigid's Church, West Perth
• ADMINISTRATOR 1965 -1968 Sacred Heart Church, Highgate
• UNIVERSITY STUDIES 1968 - 1971 B.A. University of Western Australia
• 1971-1973 M.Soc.Wk. University of Western Australia
• DIRECTOR OF CENTRECARE 1973 - 1983
• DIRECTOR OF CATHOLIC IMMIGRATION 1976 - 1983
• 1977 Awarded Member of the Order of Australia (O.A.M.)
• W.A. GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS Homeless Persons Advisory Committee
• W.A. Ethnic Affairs Advisory Committee
• COMMONWEALTH APPOINTMENTS Board Member: Institute of Family Studies

OTHER CHURCH APPOINTMENTS

• 1982-83 State Chaplain to St Vincent de Paul Society
• 1982-83 Episcopal Vicar for Social Welfare
• 1978-82 Chairman - W.A. Catholic Social Welfare Commission
• 1983-85 Chairman - Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission
• 1983-84 Parish Priest, Sacred Heart Parish, Highgate
• 1st May 1984 Bishop of Geraldton

AFTER ORDINATION AS BISHOP

Bishops' Committees:

• 1985-91 Social Welfare
• 1985-91 Seminaries
• 1992- Migrants and Refugees
• 1992- Liturgy
• 1995- Great Jubilee 2000
• 1992- Central Commission Chairman; Australian Catholic Liturgy Commission

27th August 1991 Installed as the fifth Archbishop of Perth and the Metropolitan of the Province of Western Australia