The 2018 Warrane Lecture will be delivered by Most Rev Anthony Fisher OP, Archbishop of Sydney.
The Warrane Lecture is an annual public lecture delivered by an eminent person from public life or academia. Its aim is to contribute to the understanding of important issues and current challenges facing society, in line with the overall aims of UNSW's Warrane College.
Born in Sydney in 1960, Archbishop Fisher received degrees in history and law from the University of Sydney, and practised law for a year at Clayton Utz, before joining the Dominican Order in 1985, and became a priest in 1991. Since then he has achieved a Doctorate from Oxford, lectured at several universities including ACU, Notre Dame, and the JPII Institute, where he was also founding Director. During this time he was also Master of Students (seminarians) in the Dominican Order and Socius (deputy) to the Provincial. His community involvements included being Chaplain to the Parliament of Victoria; member of the Infertility Treatment Authority of Victoria; chair or member of several hospital ethics committees; and chaplain to various organisations such as the Order of Malta. Since then he has been Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, Bishop of Parramatta and, since 2014, Archbishop of Sydney. He has published over 100 academic articles on ethical, legal and theological subjects, and nine books on topics ranging from his first book, A History of Solicitors in NSW (1984), to work on the immigration debate, abortion, bioethics, healthcare, and suffering. His interests include cooking, reading, watching movies, and tennis.
