Background
Bathersby, John Alexius was born on July 26, 1936 in Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia. Son of John Thomas and Grace Maud (Conquest) Bathersby.
Bathersby, John Alexius was born on July 26, 1936 in Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia. Son of John Thomas and Grace Maud (Conquest) Bathersby.
License of Theology, Gregorian University, Rome, 1972. Doctor of Theology in Sacred Theology, Gregorian University, Rome, 1982.
Associate pastor, Goondiwindi, 1962-1969; spiritual director, Pius XII Provincial Seminary, Banyo, Queensland., 1973-1986; bishop of Cairns, Queensland., 1986-1991; archbishop of Brisbane, Queensland., since 1992.
