Peter William Ingham (born 19 January 1941) is an Australian

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. He was the fourth

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of the Diocese of Wollongong, serving from 2001 to 2018. From March 2020 until Dec 2020, he served as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Broome.

Early years

Ingram was born in

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, to George and Marjorie (née Hyndes) Ingham. His early education was completed at St Leonard's Primary School in Naremburn and St Pius X College in Chatswood. He studied for the priesthood at St Columba's Seminary in Springwood and

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, He was as a priest by Cardinal Gilroy at St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, on 18 July 1964. Ingham served as an assistant priest in Rosebery, Newtown, St Mary's and Auburn South (all New South Wales). He was the private secretary to Cardinal Freeman and secretary of the Archdiocese of Sydney. Ingham was nominated as a monsignor by

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in 1986. In 1990 he was appointed parish priest of St Charles'

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. He was appointed as an auxiliary bishop in the Sydney archdiocese on 24 May 1993 and consecrated on 12 July by Cardinal Edward Clancy as the Titular Bishop of Pudentiana.

Bishop of Wollongong

Ingham was appointed to his

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on 6 June 2001 and installed as the fourth Bishop of Wollongong on 25 July 2001. Ingham is a member of the Bishops Commission for Liturgy and the Bishops Commission for Mission and Faith Formation. In 2006 he was elected President of the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of

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. In October 2008 he participated in the 12th Synod of Bishops at the Vatican. In September 2009, Ingham was appointed by Pope

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to participate in the Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops, themed "The Church in Africa, at the Service of Reconciliation, Justice and Peace", that was held from 4 to 25 October at the Vatican. On 16 March 2007, Ingham dedicated the renovated St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Wollongong, as a sacred place, not previously undertaken by church officials despite over 162 years of service at the location.

Retirement

Ingham announced his retirement on 30 November 2017.

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was immediately appointed to succeed Ingham as Bishop of Wollongong''Illawarra Mercury''
1 December 2017 and was installed on 22 February 2018.

Apostolic administrator of Broome

On 11 March 2020, Archbishop of Perth Timothy Costelloe released a statement confirming Ingham had been appointed apostolic administrator of the

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after Bishop of Broome Christopher Saunders, who was being investigated by the Vatican for sex abuse allegations, "voluntarily stood aside from the ordinary administration of the diocese."

Honours

In 2022, Ingham was appointed as a

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in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours for "significant service to the Catholic Church in Australia".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ingham, Peter 1941 births Living people Clergy from New South Wales 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Australia Members of the Order of Australia Roman Catholic bishops of Wollongong Roman Catholic bishops of Broome Roman Catholic bishops of Sydney People educated at St Pius X College, Sydney