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Honorary Doctorates Conferred
Conferred 1992
Sir Bernard James Callinan AC CBE DSO MC (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred at Inauguration Ceremony of Australian Catholic University on 23 April 1992
Conferred 1994
Rev Dr Francis Henry Harman (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 2 May 1994
Conferred 1996
Dr Victor James Couch (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 11 April 1996
Br Justin Linus Kelty cfc (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 1 June 1996
His Excellency The Hon Sir James Augustine Gobbo AC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 3 June 1996
Conferred 1997
Sr Noni Mitchell ibvm - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 3 April 1997
Most Rev Thomas Francis Little KBE (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 29 May 1997
Conferred 1998
Rev Francis Mecham (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 17 April 1998
Bishop Ronald Mulkearns - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 2 May 1998
Conferred 1999
His Excellency The Hon Sir William Patrick Deane AC KBE - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 8 April 1999
Dr John Billings and Dr Evelyn Billings - Honorary Doctorates conferred on 16 April 1999
Emeritus Professor Rosemary Goldie - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 23 April 1999
Conferred 2000
Her Excellency The Hon Mrs Mary Marguerite Leneen Forde AC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 13 April 2000
Br Charles Howard fms - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 27 April 2000
Ms Evelyn Ruth Scott AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 27 April 2000
Sr Mary Gabrielle Jennings rsm (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 2 June 2000
Conferred 2001
Dr Robert Fitzgerald AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 6 April 2001
Emeritus Professor Tess Cramond - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 11 April 2001
Most Reverend Carlos Belo sdb - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 23 April 2001
Sr Rosemary Crumlin rsm - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 25 May 2001
Mr John Theodore Ralph AC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 25 May 2001
Conferred 2002
Sr Evelyn Mary Woodward rsj - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 5 April 2002
Mr John Anthony Eales AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 10 April 2002
Sr Deirdre Ann Rofe ibvm (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 20 April 2002
Professor John Michael Dwyer AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 3 May 2002
His Eminence Cardinal Edward Bede Clancy AC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 3 May 2002
Her Excellency Professor Marie Roslyn Bashir AC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 3 May 2002
Rev Thomas Michael Doyle AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 10 May 2002
Conferred 2003
Mr Geoffrey Joy - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 4 April 2003
Sr Patricia Pak Poy rsm - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 3 May 2003
Professor Ivan Deveson AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 9 May 2003
Sr Marie Kehoe rsm AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 9 May 2003
Professor Emeritus Peter Drake AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 23 May 2003
Conferred 2004
Mrs Sallyanne Atkinson AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 2 April 2004
Ms Joan Carden AO OBE - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 15 April 2004
Associate Professor Richard Divall OBE - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 28 April 2004
Professor Bernard Hickey AM (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 2 September 2004
Mr Allan Myers QC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 1 May 2004
Fr John O'Reilly- Honorary Doctorate conferred on 28 April 2004
Bishop Geoffrey Robinson DD - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 26 March 2004
Conferred 2005
Sir Peter Barter OBE - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 23 March 2005
Mr Julian Burnside QC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 9 April 2005
Dr Shirin Ebadi - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 14 April 2005
Mr John Gleeson AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 14 April 2005
Hon Chief Justice Murray Gleeson AC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 31 March 2005
Rev Cyril Hally SSC (Deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 31 March 2005
Lady (Primrose) Potter AC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 21 April 2005
Dr Gerard Vaughan - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 21 April 2005
Dr Ming-Cheung (Michael) Yeung - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 17 December 2005
Conferred 2006
Most Reverend Francis Carroll DD - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 31 March 2006
Mr Murray Cook - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 11 April 2006
Mr Jeff Fat - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 11 April 2006
Mr Anthony Field - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 11 April 2006
Mr Greg Page - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 11 April 2006
Fr William Jordan - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 29 April 2006
Fr Thomas Boland - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 10 May 2006
Sr Kathleen Burke rsm - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 10 May 2006
Mr David Wenham - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 25 May 2006
The Honourable Susan Crennan - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 25 May 2006
Conferred 2007
Mr Fred Chaney - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 5 May 2007
Mr Gerald Gleeson AC KCSG - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 8 May 2007
Mr Phil Glendenning - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 30 March 2007
Ms Margaret Gurry AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 28 May 2007
Mr Michael Leunig - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 29 May 2007
Mr Jimmy Little AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 11 April 2007
Ms Susanne Macri - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 8 May 2007
Archbishop Michael Miller CSB - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 1 August 2007
Mr Terry Sullivan - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 11 April 2007
Conferred 2008
Br Kelvin Canavan fms AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred o 21 April 2008
Reverend Tim Costello AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 12 April 2008
Mr Eugene Cullity - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 6 May 2008
Mr Lex Lasry QC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 6 May 2008
Mr Li Cunxin - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 22 April 2008
Mr Francis Sullivan - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 22 April 2008
Sr Mary McDonald sgs - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 27 May 2008
Mr Terry O'Connell - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 8 October 2008
Sr Mary Ronayne sgs - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 27 May 2008
Ms Margaret Vider - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 27 May 2008
Conferred 2009
Mrs Patricia Burke AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 31 March 2009
Sr Denise Coghlan rsm AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 15 April 2009
General Peter Cosgrove AC MC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 29 September 2009
Mr Brendan Dooley - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 5 May 2009
Ms Isabel Guterres - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 29 September 2009
Sr Joan Healy rsj - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 31 March 2009
Mr David Landa - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 30 March 2009
Sr Angela Ryan csb - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 27 March 2009
Dr Eric Shaw CBE (Deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 15 April 2009
Mr Kevin Sheedy AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 5 May 2009
Mr James Synan - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 2 May 2009
Rev William James Uren sj - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 4 May 2009
Conferred 2010
Emeritus Rabbi Raymond Apple AO rfd - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 20 April 2010
Fr Brendan Byrne sj - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 26 March 2010
Fr Edmund Campion - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 20 April 2010
Mr Tony Carroll AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 20 April 2010
Mr Francis Aloysius Costa - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 8 June 2010
Father Jan Stanislaw Sebastian Szuba svd - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 26 March 2010
Mr Bernard Michael Geary OAM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 8 June 2010
Mr Richard Gill OAM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 8 June 2010
Mr E W R (Ted) Howard - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 8 April 2010
Professor Thomas John (Jack) Martin AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 8 May 2010
Rev Professor Gerald O'Collins sj - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 28 September 2010
Conferred 2011
Sr Anne Derwin rsj - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 5 April 2011
Mr Alan Druery - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 20 April 2011
Professor Tim Flannery - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 4 April 2011
Rev Prof James Haire AM KSJ - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 5 April 2011
Dr He Qi - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 19 May 2011
Rev Emeritus Professor Francis Moloney SDB AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 19 May 2011
Emeritus Professor Peter Sheehan AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 20 April 2011
Reverend Peter Steele sj - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 20 May 2011
Mr Jim Stynes OAM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 20 May 2011
Mr Geoffrey Torney AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 7 May 2011
