Greg Homeming

{{Short description|Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lismore}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use British English|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox Christian leader | image = | honorific_prefix = The Most Reverend | name = Gregory Homeming | honorific_suffix = OCD | church = Roman Catholic Church | title = Bishop of Lismore | diocese = Lismore | see = Lismore | appointed = 20 December 2016 | enthroned = 22 February 2017 | predecessor = Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett | ordination = 20 July 1991 | ordained_by = | consecration = 22 February 2017 | consecrated_by = Anthony Fisher | birth_name = Gregory Paul Homeming | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1958|5|30}} | birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|University of Divinity|University of Melbourne}} | previous_post = | denomination = | occupation = | motto = ''God alone suffices'' | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Gregory Homeming.svg }}

'''Gregory Homeming''' OCD (born 30 May 1958)<ref name=blog>[http://www.stcarthages.org.au/parish-blog/sixth-bishop-of-lismore "Sixth bishop of Lismore"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118061552/http://www.stcarthages.org.au/parish-blog/sixth-bishop-of-lismore |date=18 January 2017 }}, St Carthage's Parish, Lismore, 21 December 2016</ref> is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lismore.<ref>[http://olmcvarroville.org.au/ "Congratulations – Fr Greg Homeming – Sixth Bishop of Lismore"], Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, Varroville</ref> His installation took place on 22 February 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sydneycatholic.org/news/latest_news/2016/20161221_160.shtml |title=Archbishop Fisher Welcomes Appointment of New Bishop of Lismore |year=2016 |website=Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney |publication-date=21 December 2016}}</ref>

Homeming was born on 30 May 1958 into a Chinese Australian family and was educated in Shepparton, Victoria, before completing his secondary education at St Aloysius' College in Milsons Point. He joined the Discalced Carmelite order in 1985 after working for four years as a lawyer, and was ordained a Carmelite priest on 20 July 1991 after having obtained a Bachelor of Theology from the Melbourne College of Divinity and a Master of Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. Until his episcopal consecration, he served as the regional vicar of the Discalced Carmelite friars in Sydney.<ref name=blog />

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==External links== *[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bhomem.html Father Gregory Homeming, OCD]

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