Patrick Power - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 10 Jun 2012 23:22:24 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Patrick Power - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Australian bishop always intended to retire at 70 https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/06/11/australian-bishop-always-intended-to-retire-at-70/ Sun, 10 Jun 2012 23:22:24 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=27289 The auxiliary bishop of the Australian capital Canberra said Sunday he has long planned to retire at 70 and will continue to work as a priest. Pope Benedict XVI last week accepted Bishop Patrick Power's resignation five years before the mandatory retirement age of 75. Power says his decision to retire early is his alone Read more

Australian bishop always intended to retire at 70... Read more]]> The auxiliary bishop of the Australian capital Canberra said Sunday he has long planned to retire at 70 and will continue to work as a priest.

Pope Benedict XVI last week accepted Bishop Patrick Power's resignation five years before the mandatory retirement age of 75.

Power says his decision to retire early is his alone and is unrelated to his differences with Catholic Church leaders.

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