ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTY

Most Reverend Peter J. Elliott

MA (OXON), MA (MELB), STD (JOHN PAUL INSTITUTE ROME) VG, EV. Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne


PERSONAL
Peter John Elliott was born in 1943, in Melbourne. His parents were Rev. Leslie Llewelyn Elliott and Irene Ann (June) Rooke.

After education in government schools and Melbourne Grammar School (1956-1961), he gained a Master of Arts in history, University of Melbourne, and a Master of Arts in theology, University of Oxford. At Oxford he was received into the Catholic Church. He returned to Melbourne in 1969 to commence studies for the priesthood at Corpus Christi College, Glen Waverley.

He was ordained a priest in 1973 at the Fortieth International Eucharistic Congress and went on to work as Assistant Priest in Springvale, Lilydale and at Mentone, where he was Secretary to Bishop John A. Kelly, 1979-1984. He also served briefly as Assistant Priest in East Hampton in 1987.

In 1984 he commenced doctoral research at the Lateran University, Rome, John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family. He gained a Doctorate in Sacred Theology in 1986 with a thesis on the sacramentality of marriage.

In 1987 he became an Official of the Pontifical Council for the Family in the Roman Curia. In 1992 he was named a Chaplain of His Holiness with the title Monsignor. During ten years of Vatican service he travelled extensively and was involved in international courses and conferences on the family and marriage in all continents.

Bishop Elliott was a member of the Delegation of the Holy See at the United Nations Conference on Population held in Cairo (1994), at the United Nations Social Summit held in Copenhagen (1995) and at the United Nations Conference on Women held in Beijing (1995).

In December 1997 he returned to Australia to become Episcopal Vicar for Religious Education in the Archdiocese of Melbourne. He is the General Editor of the Archdiocesan religious education texts, "To Know, Worship and Love".

In December 2001 he was appointed Parish Priest of St Mary the Immaculate Conception, East Malvern.
In 2004 he was created a Prelate of Honour by Pope John Paul II.

In December 2004 he was appointed Director of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family, Melbourne. Clergy.

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as an Auditor at the World Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist, held in Rome in October 2005.

On April 30, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Titular Bishop of Manaccenser and Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne. He was ordained Bishop on June 15, 2007. Archbishop Denis J. Hart entrusted him with the Southern Region of Archdiocese of Melbourne.

Bishop Elliott is well known as a speaker and as the author of books and articles in the fields of theology, Church history, catechetics, liturgy, marriage and the family, apologetics and demography.

Current appointments (2007)

• Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, Southern Region of the Archdiocese
  
• Vicar General
  
• Episcopal Vicar for Religious Education
  
• Consulter to the Archbishop of Melbourne
  
• Member of the Curia and the Council of Priests of the Archdiocese of Melbourne
  
• Censor Deputatus of the Archdiocese of Melbourne
  
• Member of the Newman College Daniel Mannix Scholarship Selection Committee
  
• Lecturer in Sacramental Theology at Catholic Theological College
  
• Director, Permanent Fellow and Professor of the John Paul II Institute for the Family, Melbourne
  
• Chairman of the Pro-Life Forum, Archdiocese of Melbourne
  
• Chairman of Committee for Education in Human Sexuality, Vicariate for Religious Education, Catholic Education Office Melbourne
  
• Consulter to the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
  
• Member of the International Council for Catechesis, Congregation for the Clergy
  
• Chaplain, Equestrian Knights of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
  

Academic Curriculum Vitae

Born	October 1, 1943
	Matriculation: Melbourne Church of England Boys Grammar School
1965	Bachelor of Arts, Honours: Pure History with Philosophy Major University of Melbourne (Trinity College) (Final Year Thesis: The "Encomium Sancti Thomae Aquinatis" in the Life and Thought of Lorenzo Valla)
1967	Master of Arts: (Postgraduate) History. Thesis: "The Jansenist Conflict (1640 - 1800)" University of Melbourne
1969	Master of Arts: Theology, University of Oxford: Saint Benet's Hall
1970–72	Studies in Theology and Canon Law, Corpus Christi Seminary, Melbourne
1970	Lecturer: Church History: Corpus Christi Seminary, Melbourne
1970-71	Tutor: Systematic Theology: Corpus Christi Seminary, Melbourne
1979	Lecturer in Systematic Theology: Christ the Priest Seminary, Scoresby
1986	Doctor of Sacred Theology (summa cum laude) Lateran University Istituto Giovanni Paolo II per studi su matrimonio e famiglia Thesis published in 1990: What God Has Joined: The Sacramentality of Marriage
1985–1991	Lecturer in Sacramental Theology, Rome Semester of the Thomas More College, Merrimack NH, USA
1987–2006	Theological advisor to series Precis of Official Catholic Teaching, Catholics Committed to Support the Pope, Washington DC
1997	Awarded the Aquinas Medal, Dominican House of Studies, Washington D.C.
1998 -	Lecturer in Sacramental Theology at Catholic Theological College, East Melbourne
1998-2005	Member of the Council of St Marys College, University of Melbourne
1998-2001	Member of the Melbourne College of Divinity
2001	Permanent Fellow and Professor of the John Paul II Institute for the Family, Melbourne
2002	Member of the International Council for Catechesis of the Congregation for the Clergy, Vatican City
2004	Director of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and the Family, Melbourne
2005	Consulter to the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments, Vatican City
	Appointed Auditor at the Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist by Pope Benedict XVI

MAJOR PUBLISHED WORKS

1970	Thoughts of Jesus Christ, (Catholic Truth Society, London. UK, 1971)
1976	Prayers of Jubilee. Dwyer, Sydney, Australia
1977	Christ at Work in his Sacraments. Catholic Enquiry Centre, Sydney, Australia
1980	Ministry at the Altar. Dwyer, Sydney, Australia
1984	Let us Pray to the Lord. Dwyer, Sydney, Australia
1990	What God has Joined: the Sacramentality of Marriage. Alba, New York, USA
1995	Ceremonies of the Modern Roman Rite. Ignatius, San Francisco, USA
1998	Liturgical Question Box. Ignatius, San Francisco, USA
2001 -	General Editor, To Know, Worship and Love, religious education texts, Archdiocese of Melbourne, Australia
2003	Ceremonies of the Liturgical Year, Ignatius, San Francisco, USA
2004	Revised edition: Ceremonies of the Modern Roman Rite. Ignatius, San Francisco, USA
2006	Editor: Catholic Studies for Senior Secondary Students, Years 11/12, To Know, Worship and Love religious education texts, Archdioceses of Melbourne and Sydney

COURSE INVOLVEMENT AT THE INSTITUTE

2001 - PRESENT

JP 520M/620M	Nature and Method in Theology
JP 522/622	Marriage in the Catholic Tradition in the Institute
JP 523/623	Theology of the Family as the Domestic Church
JP 525/625M	Theology of the Body
JP 530/630	Themes in Systematic Theology
JP 564/664	Educating in Sexuality, Marriage, the Family and Life

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