Bishop Installation Booklet
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Introduction<br />
We gather this evening to welcome <strong>Bishop</strong> Vincent Long Van<br />
Nguyen OFM Conv as the fourth <strong>Bishop</strong> of Parramatta. The<br />
clergy, religious and people of the Diocese welcome to this<br />
celebration the family and friends of <strong>Bishop</strong> Vincent, leaders<br />
and representatives of other churches and faiths, civic and<br />
government representatives and our other distinguished<br />
guests. Thank you for joining us on this historic occasion. We<br />
are also joined tonight by many of the <strong>Bishop</strong>s of Australia<br />
and a number of visiting clergy and religious.<br />
The ceremonies that constitute the Reception and <strong>Installation</strong><br />
of a <strong>Bishop</strong> into his Diocese mark the beginning of a new<br />
chapter in both the life of the bishop and the diocese that he<br />
has been appointed to serve by the Holy Father.<br />
Tonight’s celebration is divided into three parts. The first part<br />
is <strong>Bishop</strong> Vincent’s formal Reception in his Cathedral Church.<br />
The new bishop will be brought from St Patrick’s Cathedral<br />
Presbytery to the main doors of the Cathedral where he will<br />
be met by His Grace Most Reverend Anthony Fisher OP,<br />
Archbishop of Sydney and Metropolitan of the Province.<br />
In the forecourt of the Cathedral, <strong>Bishop</strong> Vincent will be<br />
welcomed by members of the local Aboriginal community.<br />
Upon reaching the narthex of the Cathedral, Archbishop<br />
Fisher will present the new <strong>Bishop</strong> to the Administrator of<br />
the Diocese and the College of Consultors. The Dean will<br />
present <strong>Bishop</strong> Vincent with a crucifix that he will venerate,<br />
and then Holy Water with which the new <strong>Bishop</strong> will bless<br />
those who have greeted him, the Dean and the College of<br />
Consultors of the Diocese of Parramatta. <strong>Bishop</strong> Vincent<br />
will then proceed to the Blessed Sacrament Chapel where he<br />
will pray before the Blessed Sacrament and then retire to the<br />
Sacristy where he will vest for Mass.<br />
The second part of the ceremony is the installation of the<br />
bishop into the Cathedra (the <strong>Bishop</strong>’s Chair) which will take<br />
place after the reading of the apostolic mandate. This will be<br />
followed by the Recognitio (the formal recognition of the<br />
new bishop) by the clergy and laity.<br />
The third part of the ceremony is the continuation of the<br />
celebration of the Mass.<br />
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LITURGICAL RECEPTION & SOLEMN MASS OF INSTALLATION
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