Peter Elliott (bishop) Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth and Family

Elliot is of partial Sorbian descent. His maternal grandmother came from a family of Lutheran Sorbs who immigrated to the Wimmera region of Victoria, from what is now the German state of Saxony in the early 19th century. Their emigration from Germany was motivated by their dissent from the union of Lutheran and Calvinist churches that had recently taken place there.

Pope Francis announced in November 2018 that he had accepted Elliott’s resignation, which was submitted on reaching the retirement age of 75.

On 30 April 2007, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him an auxiliary bishop of Melbourne and the titular bishop of Manaccenser. He received his episcopal consecration from Archbishop Denis Hart of Melbourne on 15 June 2007, with Cardinal George Pell of Sydney and Archbishop Ambrose Battista De Paoli, the Holy See’s apostolic nuncio to Australia, serving as principal co-consecrators.

Elliot returned to Rome as an official of the Pontifical Council for the Family at the Vatican, serving for 10 years beginning in 1987. His service to the council included the promotion of marriage and family life at high-profile United Nations conferences.

On 19 February 1973, Elliot was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Melbourne by Cardinal Lawrence Joseph Shehan, the Archbishop of Baltimore, during the 40th International Eucharistic Congress which took place in Melbourne and to which Shehan served as papal legate. Elliott then served as an assistant priest in several appointments in the archdiocese as well as secretary to Bishop John A. Kelly from 1979 to 1984.

Peter John Elliott (born 1 October 1943) is a retired Australian bishop of the Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Melbourne from 2007 to 2018. He is also an author, writing a number of published works that predominantly concern the celebration of Catholic liturgy.