Anthony Fisher

Quick Facts

Full Name	Anthony Fisher
Occupation	Theologian
Date Of Birth	Mar 10, 1960(1960-03-10)
Age	64
Birthplace	Crows Nest
Country	Australia
Birth City	New South Wales
Horoscope	Pisces

Anthony Fisher Biography

Anthony Fisher is one of the most popular and richest Theologian who was born on March 10, 1960 in Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia. Anthony Colin Fisher OP (born 10 March 1960) is an Australian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and a friar of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans). From 12 November 2014, he is 9th Catholic Archbishop for Sydney. He was the third bishop of Parramatta from March 4th, 2010 until 12 November 2014 He was previously an auxiliary bishop for Sydney’s Archdiocese of Sydney.

Fisher was named an auxiliary bishop of Sydney and titular bishop of Buruni by Pope John Paul II on 16 July 2003. He was consecrated by Cardinal George Pell at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney on 3 September 2003. Fisher adopted “Speaking the truth in love” (Ephesians 4:15) as the motto of his episcopal office. As a parish priest, he was the pastor for Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Watsons Bay and Episcopal Vicar for Life and Health in the Archdiocese of Sydney, as in addition to serving on the Commission of Australian Bishops on Moral and Doctrine, as the chair of the Catholic Schools Board, chair of the Catholic Education Commission of New South Wales, deputy chancellor of the Catholic Institute of Sydney and an adjunct professor at the University of Notre Dame Australia. He is an active part of the Pontifical Academy for Life since 2004.

In July 2008, when asked at a World Youth Day press conference about an alleged case of clerical sexual abuse in Melbourne years earlier, Fisher said: “Happily, I think most of Australia was enjoying delighting in the beauty and goodness of these young people and the hope — the hope for us doing these sorts of things better in the future — as we saw last night [at World Youth Day], rather than, than dwelling crankily, as a few people are doing, on old wounds.” The father of the alleged victims and advocates for survivors of abuse reacted angrily and criticised Fisher’s language. One said: “We’ve had non-stop calls from family members who are angry and distressed about this young Bishop’s response.” Fisher later said his comment was taken out of context: “I called the reporters cranky and, boy, did I get jumped upon … they said I was calling the abuse victims cranky, which I certainly wasn’t doing.”

Fisher was the organiser of World Youth Day 2008 held in Sydney. This was the largest youth gathering and largest religious event ever held in Australia. It attracted 250,000 young people for a week-long festival and 400,000 people for the final Mass with Pope Benedict XVI, which was held at Randwick Racecourse.

Between 1995 and 2000, Fisher was a lecturer at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne. From 2000 until 2003, he was the director of the foundation for the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and Family in Melbourne which is which is the Australian site of a pontifical postgraduate institute with nine campuses across the globe. The main mission that the Institute was the teaching and research of questions about respect for human rights in the respect for the dignity and worthiness of a person, as well as support for the family life of marriage and families. The Australian campus was shut down in December of 2018.

Anthony Fisher Net Worth

Anthony Fisher is one of the richest Theologian from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Anthony Fisher 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Fisher was a student at St Michael’s Primary School in Lane Cove, Holy Cross College Ryde and Saint Ignatius’s College, Riverview where the dux was awarded in 1977. Fisher studied at the University of Sydney for six years, graduating with an Master of Arts in history with high marks and an Bachelor of Laws, before practicing law at the top commercial law firm Clayton Utz where he was the drafter of contracts for the redevelopment for the Queen Victoria Building. He was able to take a break from his position as a lawyer to spend time on a trip around Europe to discover his passion.

Fisher joined in the Order of Preachers in 1985 and completed his priesthood studies in Melbourne where he received an honors degree in theology at the Yarra Theological Union, a member that is part of Melbourne College of Divinity (now known as”the University of Divinity). He was employed for a short time at Uniya which was a center for social research located in Kings Cross, on immigration and refugee issues, as well as in Holy Name Parish in Wahroonga, Sydney. He was called to the priesthood at Holy Name Church in Wahroonga by Eusebius Crawford OP the Bishop of Gizo on the 14th of September 1991. He pursued doctoral studies of bioethics in Oxford University. University of Oxford until 1995 when he graduated at University College, while residing at Blackfriars Hall. He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree was awarded for a thesis titled “Justice in the Allocation of Healthcare”. His research has included lecturing in Australia as well as overseas, and publishing numerous articles and books about morality and bioethics. In 1994, he appeared on two British TV shows, the bioethics show Brave New World and a special version of the live debate programme After Dark.

In 2003, Fisher debated euthanasia activist Philip Nitschke at the Great Hall of the University of Sydney. He is ex officio chancellor of the Catholic Institute of Sydney (having previously served as the deputy-chancellor) and Adjunct Professor of Bioethics at the University of Notre Dame Australia. Prior to his episcopal appointment, Fisher was the Master of Students (seminarians) and Socius (deputy) to the prior provincial of the Dominican order in Australia and New Zealand. In the Melbourne archdiocese, he was Episcopal Vicar for Healthcare, spokesman for the archdiocese on matters of ethics, a visiting lecturer at the Catholic Theological College and secretary to the Senate of Priests. His community engagements have included being Chaplain to the Parliament of Victoria, a member of the Infertility Treatment Authority of Victoria, chair or member of several hospital ethics committees, a conventual chaplain ad honorem to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and a chaplain to various other organisations. He has also had various engagements in parish life and the pastoral care of the handicapped and the dying.

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On 18 September 2014, Pope Francis appointed Fisher as Archbishop of Sydney. The next day, Fisher called for harmony in the community in light of counter- terrorism raids that had just begun. He said, “As a religious leader though I think people of faith have something very important to do and to say at the moment. [These are] troubled times in our world and even in our own city. We need to bring some calm and some restraint and some wisdom at this time.” Fisher was installed as Archbishop of Sydney on 12 November 2014 in a ceremony attended by the Lord Mayor of Sydney (Clover Moore), the Premier of New South Wales (Mike Baird) and John Howard, a former Prime Minister of Australia, as well as other politicians and leaders of Orthodox Christian and other religious communities in Sydney.

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In the campaign cycle leading up to the 2016 federal elections, Fisher condemned the policies of the Australian Greens, describing them as “nasty” and contravening “basic moral standards”. He called on the government to honour its commitment to take in Syrian Christian refugees and put in place common-sense policies regarding refugees and asylum seekers in light of the exposition of abuse suffered by detainees in offshore processing centres. He stated that it was a “matter of striking a balance” although adding that “[he did not] know all the answers”. This followed calls that he made in September 2015 exhorting the government to consider increasing its humanitarian refugee intake and to prioritise Christians fleeing Syria believing it necessary due to “campaigns to drive Christians from the Middle East”. Both the Anglican and Catholic churches in Australia had also asked the government to consider increasing its yearly humanitarian refugee intake by 10,000.