{{Short description|Australian Roman Catholic bishop}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2022}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend | name = Gerard Holohan | honorific-suffix = | title = 4th Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bunbury | image = Coat of arms of Gerard Joseph Holohan.svg | imagesize = | alt = | caption = | church = | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = Bunbury | see = | elected = | appointed = 11 June 2001 | term_start = 5 September 2001 | quashed = | term_end = 30 June 2023 | predecessor = Peter Quinn | opposed = | successor = George Kołodziej | other_post = <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = 4 September 1971 | ordained_by = Archbishop Launcelot Goody | consecration = 5 September 2001 | consecrated_by = Bishop Peter Quinn | cardinal = | rank = <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_name = Gerard Joseph Holohan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|09|05|df=yes}} | birth_place = Perth, Australia<ref name=holohan1>{{cite web | title =Bishop Gerard Joseph Holohan | publisher =| url =https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bholohan.html | accessdate =23 August 2022}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | nationality = Australian | religion = Roman Catholic | residence = | parents = | spouse = | children = | occupation = | profession = | previous_post = | alma_mater = St Charles Seminary, Guildford St Francis Xavier Seminary, Adelaide<ref name=holohan2>{{cite web | title =Bishop Holohan | date = 16 March 2016| publisher = Bunbury Catholic Diocese| url=https://bunburycatholic.org.au/bishop/biography/| accessdate =23 August 2022}}</ref> | motto = ''To love, to serve like Christ'' | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = | coat_of_arms_alt = <!---------- Sainthood ----------> | feast_day = | venerated = | saint_title = | beatified_date = | beatified_place = | beatified_by = | canonized_date = | canonized_place = | canonized_by = | attributes = | patronage = | shrine = | suppressed_date = <!---------- Other ----------> | other = }} {{Infobox bishopstyles|name=Gerard Holohan|dipstyle=The Most Reverend|offstyle=My Lord|relstyle=Bishop|deathstyle=|}}
'''Gerard Holohan''' (born 5 September 1947) is Roman Catholic priest who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Bunbury from 2001 to 2023.
==Early life== Holohan was born and baptised on 5 September 1947. He was educated by the Sisters of Mercy at Our Lady Help of Christians Primary School in Perth, and by the Christian Brothers, first at St Francis Xavier College, then at the Christian Brothers' College, St George's Terrace and later at Trinity College.<ref name=holohan2>{{cite web | title =Bishop Holohan | date = 16 March 2016| publisher = Bunbury Catholic Diocese| url=https://bunburycatholic.org.au/bishop/biography/| accessdate =23 August 2022}}</ref>
He entered St Charles Seminary Guildford in 1965 for philosophical studies, and then moved to St Francis Xavier Seminary, Adelaide in 1968 to study theology.
==Priesthood== Holohan was ordained to the priesthood on 4 September 1971 by Perth Archbishop Launcelot Goody. He was initially appointed to serve in the Cottesloe parish before serving in the parish of Subiaco until 1975.<ref name=holohan2>{{cite web | title =Bishop Holohan | date = 16 March 2016| publisher = Bunbury Catholic Diocese| url=https://bunburycatholic.org.au/bishop/biography/| accessdate =23 August 2022}}</ref>
Archbishop Goody asked him to spend his ministry in Catholic education and between 1975 and 1981, he completed postgraduate degrees in Education and Arts at Murdoch University in Perth, and Fordham University in the United States. In 1980, he became chaplain and religious education coordinator at Newman College, Churchlands and in 1981, he was appointed Director of Religious Education. He also served as Governor of the University of Notre Dame Australia.<ref name=holohan2>{{cite web | title =Bishop Holohan | date = 16 March 2016| publisher = Bunbury Catholic Diocese| url=https://bunburycatholic.org.au/bishop/biography/| accessdate =23 August 2022}}</ref>
He became an affiliated member of the Marist Brothers Order in 1990.
==Episcopacy== Holohan was appointed as Bishop of Bunbury by Pope John Paul II on 11 June 2001, replacing Bishop Peter Quinn who retired in 2000. He was ordained a bishop and installed on 5 September 2001, becoming the fourth Bishop of Bunbury.<ref name=holohan2>{{cite web | title =Bishop Holohan | date = 16 March 2016| publisher = Bunbury Catholic Diocese| url=https://bunburycatholic.org.au/bishop/biography/| accessdate =23 August 2022}}</ref> As required by canon law, Holohan tendered his resignation to the Vatican when he turned 75 in 2022. It was accepted on 30 June 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fiore |first=Briana |date=2023-07-03 |title=Pope accepts resignation of high-ranking WA Bishop |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-03/pope-accepts-resignation-of-bunbury-bishop-gerard-holohan/102552686 |access-date=2023-07-24}}</ref>
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== External links == {{wikiquote|Gerard Joseph Holohan}} {{commonscat|Gerard Joseph Holohan}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Holohan, Gerard}} Category:21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Australia Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Bunbury Category:Living people Category:1947 births