15th September 2025 Our Lady of Sorrows

BISHOP PAT POWER R.I.P.

I convey to you the sad news that our beloved Bishop Patrick Percival Power, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Canberra and Goulburn Archdiocese, died this morning.

Bishop Pat (1942-2025) was 83 years of age. Over the last few years he serenely responded to major health issues. He died at the Southern Cross Campbell Residential Care in Canberra.

Bishop Pat, a quintessential Canberran, was priest for 60 years and a bishop for 39 years. He was loved and revered as an outspoken supporter for the poor and marginalised. In 2009 he was named Canberra Citizen of the Year.

Funeral arrangements will be announced later. May he rest in peace.

Let us pray,

May your merciful kindness,0 Lord, be with your departed servant, Patrick. May he know the eternal company of Christ, in whom he hoped and whom he preached. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever. AMEN

Sincerely yours in Christ,

Archbishop Christopher Prowse

Catholic Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn