Bishop Peter Elliott, Defender of the Roman Rite, Died in Melbourne. RIP

Bishop Peter John Elliott, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Melbourne, passed away on 6 August at the age of 81.
Biography and education
Peter Elliott was born on 1 October 1943 in Melbourne. His father was a High Church Anglican vicar. His maternal grandmother came from a family of Lutheran Sorbs.
He converted to Catholicism while studying at the University of Oxford.
He was ordained as a priest on 19 February 1973, during the 40th International Eucharistic Congress in Melbourne. He earned a doctorate in Sacred Liturgy in Rome.
He then worked at the Pontifical Council for the Family in the Vatican for ten years (1987–1997).
In April 2007, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne, and he was ordained a bishop on 15 June 2007.
Liturgical Work
Bishop Elliott celebrated the Novus Ordo daily and did not oppose it. He authored three liturgical manuals about the Novus Ordo.
- Ceremonies of the Modern Roman Rite (1995)
- Ceremonies of the Liturgical Year (2002)
- Ceremonies …More