The Most Reverend Gregory Homeming OCD has been ordained the sixth Bishop of Lismore.
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The ordination took place on February 22 at St Carthage’s Cathedral at Lismore.
Bishop Homeming was born in Sydney in 1958 to an Australian-Chinese family.
He joined the Discalced Carmelite Order in 1985.
The new bishop adopted as his motto, God Alone Suffices, from St Teresa of Avila, the founder of his Order.
Bishop Homeming told the congregation after his ordination: “I am your bishop; with the emphasis on “your”.
“I belong to you,” he said.
“The people, religious and priests of Lismore will show me my job.
“I will listen to you, and together we will discern God’s will for our diocese.”
The Diocese of Lismore extends from Tweed Heads and Murwillumbah in the north to Port Macquarie and Camden Haven in the south.
The Catholic population of 110,000 people live in 22 parishes, which are served by 34 parish priests and assistant priests.
