Tim Norton
{{Short description|Australian catholic bishop}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend
| name = Tim Norton
| honorific-suffix = {{small|SVD}}
| title = Bishop of Broome
Titular Bishop of Madaurus
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| archdiocese = Broome
| see = Madaurus
| ordination = 2 March 1991
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| consecration = 22 February 2022
| consecrated_by = Mark Coleridge
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| birth_name = Timothy John Norton
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1958|07|24}}
| birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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| nationality = Australian
| religion = Catholic Church
| alma_mater = Marist Brothers, Eastwood
Cumberland College of Health Sciences
Yarra Theological Union
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Timothy John Norton SVD (born 24 July 1958) is an Australian Catholic bishop. He is the Bishop of Broome, prior having served as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane from 2022–2024. A member of the Society of the Divine Word, he previously served as the Provincial Superior of the order for Australia between 2005 and 2013.
Early life
Norton was born in Sydney in 1958 to Joseph and Dawn Norton (née Spillane). He has an older brother Chris and a younger sister, Julie. He attended Marist Brothers Eastwood, where the school's chaplain was a Divine Word Missionary who had previously lived in India for 30 years. He took a trip to India during his final year of high school, which he later said was influential in discerning his vocation.{{cite web |last1=Norton |first1=Tim |title=Getting to know Bishop Elect Tim Norton SVD |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wNlYXK6nNs |website=YouTube |publisher=Archdiocese of Brisbane |language=en |format=video |date=18 February 2022}} After graduating, he commenced tertiary studies for a Bachelor of Applied Science in Physiotherapy at Cumberland College of Health Sciences, Sydney.{{cite web |title=Bishop Tim Norton Biography |url=https://brisbanecatholic.org.au/bishops/bishop-tim-norton-biography/ |website=Archdiocese of Brisbane |access-date=10 February 2023}} He worked as a physiotherapist and worked with young street people in Darlinghurst who were experiencing homelessness, addiction, and mental health issues.{{cite web |title=Get to know Fr Tim Norton SVD |url=https://brisbanecatholic.org.au/articles/get-to-know-fr-tim-norton/ |website=Archdiocese of Brisbane |access-date=10 February 2023 |date=17 February 2022}}
He entered the seminary when he was 25 and moved to Mexico to continue his studies at the age of 28. In 1985, he entered the Society of the Divine Word and in 1990, professed his final vows.{{cite web |title=Resignations and Appointments, 11.11.2021 |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2021/11/11/211111d.html |website=The Holy See |publisher=The Holy See Press Office |access-date=10 February 2023 |date=11 November 2021}}
Priesthood
Norton was ordinated a priest at St Kevins, Eastwood on 2 March 1991. Immediately following his ordination, he returned to Mexico City to serve as parish vicar until 1996. He became the director of the SILOAM Spiritual Programme between 1997 and 1998. He then served as head of formation and prefect of the Scholastics in Melbourne (1998-2000, 2002–2004) and director of the noviciate in Sydney (2001-2002).
From 2005 to 2013, Norton served as the Provincial Superior for Australia for the Society of the Divine Word. From 2014, until his episcopal appointment, he was the head of formation and director of the Ad Gentes Centre in Nemi, Italy.
Episcopate
Norton was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane by Pope Francis on 11 November 2021, and was given the titular see of Madaurus in Algeria. He was consecrated by Archbishop Mark Coleridge on 22 February 2022, in the Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane.{{cite news |title=Episcopal Ordination of Bishop Tim Norton SVD |url=https://brisbanecatholic.org.au/articles/episcopal-ordination-of-bishop-tim-norton-svd/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=Archdiocese of Brisbane |date=24 February 2022}} On 14 October 2024, he was appointed as bishop of Broome by Pope Francis.{{Cite web |title=Resignations and Appointments |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2024/10/14/241014b.html |access-date=2024-10-14 |website=press.vatican.va}}
References
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External links
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{{Ordinaries of the Archdiocese of Sydney}}
{{Australian Catholic archbishops and bishops}}
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Category:Australian Roman Catholic bishops