Philip Wilson (archbishop)
Philip Edward Wilson (born 10 October 1950 in Cessnock, New South Wales) is an Australian prelate. Wilson is the eighth Roman Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide, appointed in 2001 and President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference since 2006.
Wilson served as a priest in what is now the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle. After serving as Vicar-General of that diocese and studying in the United States, Wilson was appointed as Bishop of the Diocese of Wollongong, where he gained a reputation as a "healing bishop" for handling child-abuse scandals.
Read more about Philip Wilson (archbishop): Early Life, Bishop of Wollongong, Archbishop of Adelaide
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