As WYD chief Fisher had rapport with youth

THE LIFE OF SYDNEY'S NEW CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP, ANTHONY COLIN FISHER

* born in Sydney in 1960 to Colin and Gloria Fisher.

* started school in 1965 at St Therese's, Lakemba parish school, then at St Michael's Lane Cove, Holy Cross College Ryde and St Ignatius' College Riverview.

* graduated with arts and law degrees from the University of Sydney

* practised law at city firm Clayton Utz

* entered the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) in 1985

* ordained in 1991

* completed a doctorate in bioethics at the University of Oxford.

* lecturer at the Australian Catholic University from 1995 to 2000

* director of the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and the Family, Melbourne from 2000 to 2003

* appointed auxiliary bishop of Sydney, 2003

* co-ordinator of World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney

* appointed Bishop of Parramatta, 2010

* has worked extensively with youth ministers and groups in promoting the connection of young people with the church.

* has also addressed a range of subjects, including refugees, homelessness, the persecution of Christians, same-sex marriage, the family and social justice, and euthanasia.