Brian Mascord

{{short description|Australian bishop (born 1959)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}

{{Use Australian English|date=February 2018}}

{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = Bishop

| honorific-prefix =The Most Reverend

| name = Brian Mascord

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| title = 5th Roman Catholic Bishop of Wollongong

| image = Coat of arms of Brian Gregory Mascord.svg

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| church = St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Wollongong

| archdiocese = Sydney

| province = New South Wales

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| diocese = Wollongong

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| appointed = 30 November 2017

| term =

| term_start = 22 February 2018

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| predecessor = Peter William Ingham

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| ordination = 31 October 1992

| ordained_by = Leo Clarke

| consecration = 22 February 2018

| consecrated_by = Anthony Fisher, Peter Ingham, William Wright

| cardinal =

| birth_name = Brian Gregory Mascord

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|01|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

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| nationality = Australian

| religion = Roman Catholic Church

| occupation = Roman Catholic bishop

| profession = priest

| alma_mater = St Patrick's Seminary, Manly

| motto = "For all things give thanks"

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Brian Gregory Mascord (born 30 January 1959) is an Australian bishop. He is the fifth bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wollongong.[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmascord.html Catholic Hierarchy website], accessed 2 December 2017.

Mascord was born in Newcastle, New South Wales. He is the son of Ron Mascord and Margaret Callinan. He was educated at St Joseph's Catholic School in Charlestown and St Pius X College in Adamstown.Ordination booklet, 22 February 2018, Diocese of Wollongong.

Before entering St. Patrick's Seminary in Manly, Mascord earned a diploma of teaching at the Catholic College of Education (now part of the Australian Catholic University) in Castle Hill, spending six years teaching in a Catholic primary school. He was ordained on 31 October 1992 at Sacred Heart Church in Hamilton.{{cite web | url=https://www.catholic.org.au/acbc-media/media-centre/media-releases-new/2002-media-release-pope-francis-names-fr-brian-mascord-fifth-bishop-of-wollongong/file | title=Pope Francis names Fr Brian Mascord fifth Bishop of Wollongong | publisher=Australian Catholic Bishops Conference | date=30 November 2017 | accessdate=24 February 2021 }} He then worked in a parish in pastoral care before becoming pastor of the parish of St Mary MacKillop in Charlestown, New South Wales, director of the pastoral ministry in the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle and a member of the diocesan committee for the liturgy. Since 2013, Mascord was also vicar general of the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.[http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/5093601/wollongong-has-a-new-bishop-announced-by-pope-francis-from-the-vatican-overnight/ Illawarra Mercury], 1 December 2017.

On 30 November 2017, Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Wollongong.[https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/5093526/newcastle-vicar-general-named-new-bishop-of-wollongong/ Newcastle Herald 1 December 2017]