{{short description|Australian-Filipino Latin Catholic bishop (born 1968)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend | name = Nelson Po | title = Auxiliary Bishop of Perth | image = | archdiocese = Perth | see = | appointed = 2 February 2026 | enthroned = 16 April 2026 | term_ended = | other_post = Titular Bishop of Aguntum | ordination = 9 December 2005 | ordained_by = Barry Hickey | consecration = 16 April 2026 | consecrated_by = Timothy Costelloe | cardinal = | rank = | birth_name = Nelson Abordo Po | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1968|6|5}} | birth_place = Palompon, Leyte, Philippines | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | nationality = Australian | religion = Catholic Church | alma_mater = {{plainlist| *Leyte Institute of Technology *Ateneo de Davao University}} | motto = {{langnf|la|Ambulare humiliter cum Deo|Walk humbly with God|break=yes}} | }} {{Infobox bishopstyles | name=Nelson Po | image=Coat of arms of Nelson Abordo Po.svg | image_size=200px | dipstyle=The Most Reverend | offstyle=His Lordship or My Lord Bishop | relstyle=Bishop | deathstyle= }}
'''Nelson Abordo Po''' (born 5 June 1968) is a Filipino-born Australian Catholic bishop. He has served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Perth since 2026. His episcopal consecration took place on 16 April 2026.<ref>{{cite news |last1=The Record |title=Perth faithful prepare to welcome Bishop Nelson Po |url=https://therecord.com.au/news/bishop-nelson-po/perth-faithful-prepare-to-welcome-bishop-nelson-po/ |access-date=16 April 2026 |work=The Record |publisher=Archdiocese of Perth |date=16 April 2026}}</ref>
==Early life== Po was born in Leyte, in the Philippines, the third child of six children of Norma Abordo and Lope Po. He was awarded a degree in industrial engineering from the Leyte Institute of Technology in Tacloban and initially pursued a career as an engineer before joining the Blessed Sacrament Congregation. He studied philosophy at the Ateneo de Davao University in Davao City and completed a master's degree in theology at the Maryhill School of Theology in Manila. In 2003, he was invited by Archbishop Barry Hickey to continue his studies for the priesthood as a seminarian for the Archdiocese of Perth.<ref>{{cite web |title=Resignations and Appointments, 02.02.2026 |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2026/02/02/260202b.html |website=Vatican.va |publisher=The Holy See Press Office |access-date=16 April 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Second Auxiliary Bishop appointed for Perth |url=https://www.perthcatholic.org.au/News__Events-News-2026-02February-Second_Auxiliary_Bishop_appointed_for_Perth.htm |access-date=16 April 2026 |work=Archdiocese of Perth |publisher=Archdiocese of Perth |date=2 February 2026}}</ref>
==Priesthood== Po was ordained on 9 December 2005 by Archbishop Barry Hickey at St Mary's Cathedral, Perth as a priest for the Archdiocese of Perth. He was one of nine priests ordained in the same ceremony, the largest number of ordinands in a single ordination ceremony in the cathedral's history. His first appointment was as assistant priest of St Mary's Parish, Kalgoorlie.<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Brien |first1=Jamie |title=Archbishop ordains 9 new shepherds for people of God |url=https://issuu.com/archdioceseofperth_therecord/docs/the_record_newspaper_pdf_-_15122005 |access-date=16 April 2026 |work=The Record |publisher=Archdiocese of Perth |date=15 December 2005}}</ref>
In 2008, he was appointed chaplain of the Royal Perth Hospital and in 2010, became parish priest of Cloverdale. In 2016, he was appointed parish priest of Applecross.<ref>{{cite web |title=Resignations and Appointments, 02.02.2026 |url=https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2026/02/02/260202b.html |website=Vatican.va |publisher=The Holy See Press Office |access-date=16 April 2026}}</ref>
==Episcopate== On 2 February 2026, Po was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Perth by Pope Leo XIV.<ref>{{cite news |title=Second Auxiliary Bishop appointed for Perth |url=https://www.perthcatholic.org.au/News__Events-News-2026-02February-Second_Auxiliary_Bishop_appointed_for_Perth.htm |access-date=16 April 2026 |work=Archdiocese of Perth |publisher=Archdiocese of Perth |date=2 February 2026}}</ref>
He was ordained as a bishop on 16 April 2026 at St Mary's Cathedral, Perth. Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB was the principal consecrator along with Bishop Donald Sproxton, auxiliary bishop of Perth, and Bishop Rene Ramirez RCJ, who was also born in the Philippines.<ref>{{cite news |last1=The Record |title=Perth faithful prepare to welcome Bishop Nelson Po |url=https://therecord.com.au/news/bishop-nelson-po/perth-faithful-prepare-to-welcome-bishop-nelson-po/ |access-date=16 April 2026 |work=The Record |publisher=Archdiocese of Perth |date=16 April 2026}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links==
{{Australian Catholic Archbishops and Bishops}} {{portal bar|Biography|Catholicism|Australia}} {{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Po, Nelso}} Category:21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Australia Category:1968 births Category:Living people