Brian Mascord
Brian Gregory Mascord is the fifth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wollongong.
He is the son of Ron Mascord and Margaret Callinan. He was educated at St. Joseph's Catholic School, Charlestown and St Pius X College, Adamstown.
Before entering St. Patrick's Seminary in Manly, Mascord earned a diploma of teaching at the Catholic College of Education in Castle Hill, spending six years teaching in a Catholic primary school. He received the sacrament of Holy Orders on 31 October 1992 at the Sacred Heart Church in Hamilton.
He then worked in a parish in pastoral care, before becoming pastor of the parish of St. Mary MacKillop in Charlestown, New South Wales, director of the pastoral ministry in the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle and a member of the diocesan committee for the liturgy. Since 2013, Mascord was also Vicar General of the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.
On 30 November 2017, Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Wollongong.Consecration
Mascord was consecrated bishop on 22 February 2018, at the WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong. His Principal Consecrator was Archbishop Anthony Fisher, O.P., Archbishop of Sydney, while Principal Co-Consecrators were Bishop Peter Ingham, Bishop Emeritus of Wollongong, and Bishop William Wright, Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle.
