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Appointment Education

Canberra Education appoints interim executive director

Pam Betts has been appointed the interim executive director of Catholic Education in the Canberra-Goulburn Archdiocese. Source: Catholic Voice. 

Appointment HIgher Education

ACU appoints new Deputy Vice-Chancellor

After an international recruitment process, Tania Broadley has been appointed Australian Catholic University’s new Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education).

Appointment Mission

Catholic Mission appoints new director for Victoria and Tasmania

Catholic Mission will have a new director in Victoria and Tasmania after long-serving director Kevin Meese announced he will retire at the end of 2024. Source: Melbourne Catholic.

Appointment Charity

Vinnies South Australia announces election of new president

The St Vincent de Paul Society South Australia has announced the election of its new state president, Geraldine Hawkes. Source: The Southern Cross.

Appointment Religious Orders

Star of the Sea Province appoints first head of province ministries

The Marists of Champagnat Star of the Sea Province have appointed Mark Pauschmann as its first executive director of province ministries.

Appointment HIgher Education

Australian Catholic University appoints new chief operating officer

Patrick Woods has been appointed as Australian Catholic University’s new chief operating officer.

Appointment Health

Mercy Health says appointment will benefit ‘our youngest patients’ 

Mercy Health and the University of Melbourne have announced the appointment of Brett Manley as Mercy Hospital for Women’s inaugural director of neonatal research and professor of neonatal medicine.

Appointment Education

Peter Pearce walks into new position at Edmund Rice Flexi Schools

Edmund Rice Education Australia Flexible Schools, the largest national network of alternative schools in Australia, has appointed Peter Pearce as its new board chair, strengthening the organisation’s governance and leadership expertise.

Appointment New Zealand

New Apostolic Nuncio for New Zealand

Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Gábor Pintér as the new Apostolic Nuncio to New Zealand and the Apostolic Delegate to the Pacific Ocean. Source: NZCBC.