Harry Entwistle (born 31 May 1940) is an English-born Australian priest of the

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who was the first ordinary of the

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(2012–2019).

Early life

Entwistle was born on 31 May 1940. He studied theology for ordination at St Chad's Theological College,

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Ordained ministry

Anglican

Entwistle was ordained a priest in the

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in 1964. After various parish appointments in

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, he became a prison chaplain, serving at HMP Wandsworth from 1981 to 1988. He migrated to Australia in 1988 and continued his parish and prison ministry in the Diocese of Perth of the

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. He entered the Anglican Catholic Church in Australia, a member church of the Traditional Anglican Communion, in 2006. He served as the Western Regional Bishop of that church from 2006 to 2012.

Roman Catholic

After reception into the Roman Catholic Church and ordination as a

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, Entwistle was ordained to the priesthood at St Mary's Cathedral, Perth, on 15 June, 2012 by Bishop Timothy Costelloe. On the same day he was appointed Ordinary of the

. Entwistle was granted the title of Monsignor by

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in one of his last acts before retirement.

References

External links

Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross website
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