Australia’s second youngest archbishop, Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP of Sydney, has made quite an impression on the global Church. Speaking at the Vatican’s youth synod in October 2018, he apologised not only for the failure of bishops to protect minors, but also for the more general lack of clear episcopal leadership in the Church. He was even listed by Crux’s John Allen as a possible future pope.
Fisher was born in Sydney in 1960, the eldest of five children. After graduating dux of his school, Saint Ignatius’ College, Riverview, he went on to achieve a BA (First Class Hons) and LLB (Hons) at the University of Sydney. Later, taking respite from his work at a high-profile law firm, the young Fisher backpacked across Europe to discern his vocation. In 1985, he entered the Dominican order.
