Honorary doctorate holders

Browse the list of honorary doctorate recipients from the Australian Catholic University.

1992

Sir Bernard James Callinan AC CBE DSO MC (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred at Inauguration Ceremony of Australian Catholic University on 23 April 1992

1994

Rev Dr Francis Henry Harman AO (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 2 May 1994

1996

Dr Victor James Couch AM (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 CVO QC (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 3 June 1996

1997

Sr Noni Mitchell ibvm (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 3 April 1997
Mr Basil George Turner - Honorary Master of Arts conferred on 4 April 1997
Most Rev Thomas Francis Little KBE (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 29 May 1997

1998

Rev Francis Mecham OAM (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate on 17 April 1998

1999

The Hon Sir William Patrick Deane AC KBE - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 8 April 1999
Dr John Billings AM KCSG (deceased) - Honorary Doctorates conferred on 16 April 1999
Dr Evelyn Billings AM DCSG (deceased) - Honorary Doctorates conferred on 16 April 1999
Emeritus Professor Rosemary Goldie AO (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 23 April 1999

2000

Rev Valentine Cedric Patterson msc (deceased) - Honorary Masters conferred on 7 April 2000
The Hon Mrs Mary Marguerite Leneen Forde AC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 13 April 2000
Br Charles Howard fms AM (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 27 April 2000
Ms Evelyn Ruth Scott AO (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 27 April 2000
Sr Mary Gabrielle Jennings rsm (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 2 June 2000

2001

Dr Robert Fitzgerald AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 6 April 2001
Emeritus Professor Tess Cramond AO OBE (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 11 April 2001
Most Reverend Carlos Belo sdb - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 23 April 2001
Sr Rosemary Crumlin rsm OAM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 25 May 2001
Mr John Theodore Ralph AC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 25 May 2001

2002

Sr Evelyn Mary Woodward rsj (deceased) - 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 (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 3 May 2002
Professor The Honourable Dame Marie Roslyn Bashir AD CVO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 3 May 2002
Rev Thomas Michael Doyle AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 10 May 2002

2003

Mr Geoffrey Joy - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 4 April 2003
Sr Patricia Pak Poy rsm AM - 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

2004

Bishop Geoffrey Robinson DD (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 26 March 2004
Mrs Sallyanne Atkinson AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 2 April 2004
Ms Joan Carden AO OBE - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 15 April 2004
Fr John O'Reilly - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 28 April 2004
Frà Professor Richard Divall AO OBE (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 28 April 2004
Mr Allan Myers AC QC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 1 May 2004
Professor Bernard Hickey AM (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 2 September 2004

2005

Sir Peter Leslie Charles Barter OBE (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 23 March 2005
The Honourable Anthony Murray Gleeson AC QC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 31 March 2005
The Reverend Father Cyril Thomas Hally SSC JCL (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 31 March 2005
Mr Julian William Kennedy Burnside AO QC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 9 April 2005
Dr Shirin Ebadi - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 14 April 2005
Mr John Fredolin Gleeson AM (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 14 April 2005
Lady Primrose Catherine Potter AC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 21 April 2005
Dr Gerard Ronald Vaughan AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 21 April 2005
The Most Reverend Ming-Cheung Michael Yeung - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 17 December 2005

2006

Most Reverend Francis Patrick Carroll - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 31 March 2006
The Wiggles - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 11 April 2006
Reverend Father William Jordan (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred 29 April 2006
Fr Thomas Patrick Boland (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred 10 May 2006
Sr Kathleen Mary Burke rsm (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 10 May 2006
The Honourable Susan Crennan AC QC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 25 May 2006
Mr David Wenham - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 25 May 2006
The Honourable James Spigelman AC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 4 October 2006

2007

Mr Phil Glendenning AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 30 March 2007
Mr Jimmy Little AO (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 11 April 2007
Mr Terry Sullivan - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 11 April 2007
The Honourable Fred Chaney AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 5 May 2007
Mr Gerald Gleeson AC KCSG (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 8 May 2007
Ms Susanne Macri AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 8 May 2007
Rev John Thornhill SM (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 8 May 2007
Ms Margaret Gurry AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 28 May 2007
Mr Michael Leunig - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 29 May 2007
Archbishop Michael Miller - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 1 August 2007
Mr Rino Grollo - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 4 October 2007

2008

Reverend Tim Costello AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 12 April 2008
Br Kelvin Canavan fms AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 21 April 2008
Mr Francis Sullivan AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 22 April 2008
Mr Li Cunxin AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 22 April 2008
The Honourable Lex Lasry AM QC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 6 May 2008
Mr Eugene Cullity AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 6 May 2008
Sr Mary Ronayne sgs (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 27 May 2008
Ms Margaret Vider DSG- Honorary Doctorate conferred on 27 May 2008
Sr Mary McDonald sgs - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 27 May 2008
Mr Terrence O'Connell OAM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 2 October 2008

2009

Sr Angela Ryan csb - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 27 March 2009
Mrs Jan Buckley - Honorary Master of Arts conferred on 30 March 2009
Mr David Landa - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 30 March 2009
Sr Joan Healy rsj - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 31 March 2009
Mrs Patricia Burke AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 31 March 2009
Sr Denise Coghlan rsm AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 15 April 2009
Dr Eric Shaw CBE (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 15 April 2009
Mr James Synan - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 2 May 2009
Rev William James Uren sj AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 4 May 2009
Mr Kevin Sheedy AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 5 May 2009
Mr Brendan Dooley (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 5 May 2009
General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK CVO MC (Retd) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 29 September 2009
Ms Isabel Guterres - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 31 October 2009

2010

Father Jan Stanislaw Sebastian Czuba svd - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 26 March 2010
Fr Brendan Byrne sj - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 26 March 2010
Mr E W R (Ted) Howard AM OBE (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 8 April 2010
Fr Edmund Campion - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 20 April 2010
Mr Tony Carroll KCSG AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 20 April 2010
Emeritus Rabbi Raymond Apple AO rfd (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 20 April 2020
Professor Thomas John (Jack) Martin AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 8 May 2010
Rev Professor Gerald O'Collins AC sj - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 7 June 2010
Mr Bernard Michael Geary OAM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 8 June 2010
Mr Richard Gill AO (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 8 June 2010
Mr Francis Aloysius Costa - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 28 September 2010

2011

Professor Tim Flannery - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 4 April 2011
Rev Prof James Haire AC KSJ - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 5 April 2011
Sr Anne Derwin rsj (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 5 April 2011
Mr Alan Druery OAM (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 20 April 2011
Emeritus Professor Peter Sheehan AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 20 April 2011
Mr Geoffrey Torney AM (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 7 May 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
Mr Jim Stynes OAM (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 20 May 2011
Rev Emeritus Professor Peter Steele AM sj (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 20 May 2011

2012

Mrs Helen Christine Williams - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 24 April 2012
Aunty Joan Patricia Hendriks (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 4 May 2012
The Honourable Dr John Herron AO (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 4 May 2012
Archbishop Bruno Forte - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 9 July 2012
Professor Francis X Clooney SJ - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 25 July 2012
Professor Mary Anne Glendon - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 4 December 2012

2013

Sr Patricia Franklin IBVM AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 16 March 2013
Sr Margaret Mary Brown OP - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 23 March 2013
Sr Rosemary Lewins OP - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 23 March 2013
Br Robert Julian McDonald cfc AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 8 April 2013
The Honorable Timothy Andrew Fischer AC (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 23 April 2013
Thomas Keneally AO FAHA - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 14 May 2013
His Eminence Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga SDB - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 14 October 2013
Br Ambrose Payne AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 14 October 2013

2014

Mr Ian MacRitchie - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 7 April 2014
Very Reverend Peter Gregory Williams VG EV - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 8 April 2014
The Honourable Justice Barry O'Keefe AM QC (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 8 April 2014
His Grace Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald M Afr - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 5 May 2014
Most Rev Bishop James Foley DD DPh (Leuven) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 19 May 2014
Aunty Ruth Hegarty - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 19 May 2014
Reverend Professor John Thaddeus Pawlikowski OSM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 20 May 2014
His Grace Archbishop Diarmuid Martin - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 14 July 2014
His Eminence Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle DD - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 4 August 2014
His Eminence Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 14 August 2014
His Grace Archbishop Dominique François Joseph Mamberti - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 24 November 2014

2015

His Grace Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 6 May 2015
Sr Assumption Neary sjg - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 8 May 2015
Rabbi John Simon Levi AC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 12 May 2015
Mervyn John Phillips AO (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 26 May 2015
Sr Giovanni Farquer rsj - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 27 May 2015
Professor Jean-Luc Marion - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 26 June 2015
His Eminence George Cardinal Pell AC - Doctor of Laws conferred on 1st September 2015
Professor Dianne Bergant CSA - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 18 September 2015
Reverend Dr Paul Stenhouse OAM MSC (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 29 September 2015

2016

Professor Fiona Forbes - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 5 April 2016
Dr Brenda Mary Niall AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 7 April 2016
Baroness Sheila Hollins - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 13 April 2016
Monsignor Guy-Réal Thivierge - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 19 May 2016
Mr Les Murray AO (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 24 May 2016
Professor Romano Pirola OAM and Mrs Mavis Pirola OAM (joint award) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 25 May 2016
His Eminence Donald Cardinal Wuerl BA MA STD - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 31 August 2016
Dr Stephen Aitken (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 6 October 2016

2017

Sr Angela Mary Doyle RSM AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 5 May 2017
Sr Elizabeth Dodds RSC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 24 May 2017
The Hon Sir Gerard Brennan AC KBE GBS QC (deceased) - Doctor of Laws conferred on 25 May 2017
Mr Edward William Exell AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 30 May 2017
Mr Peter John O'Callaghan QC (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 31 May 2017
Sr Anne Marie Gardiner FDNSC, AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 5 October 2017
Mr Julian McMahon AC SC - Doctor of Laws conferred on 10 October 2017
His Grace Anba Suriel - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 10 October 2017

2018

Aunty Fay Mary Green OAM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 9 May 2018
Elizabeth Gleeson AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 10 May 2018

2019

Ellen Maev O'Collins MBE PhD (deceased) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 12 April 2019
Archbishop Denis James Hart DD - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 30 April 2019
Brother Aengus Kavanagh FSP - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 22 May 2019
Chiara Perinetti Casoni - Honorary Master of Arts conferred on 13 June 2019
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher STL JCD - Doctor of Laws conferred on 24 June 2019
Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda CSsR - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 23 July 2019
Brother Jude Butcher cfc AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 29 July 2019
Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AO QC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 15 October 2019

2020

Dr Gerard Joseph Henderson and Mrs Anne Elizabeth Henderson AM (joint award) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 6 October 2020

2021

The Honourable Greg Crafter AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 28 April 2021
Reverend Christopher Willcock SJ - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 28 April 2021
Sr Mary O'Shannassy sgs OAM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 29 April 2021
Marionne MacRitchie - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 25 May 2021
The Hon John Fahey AC, GCSG (Posthumous) - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 27 May 2021
Emeritus Professor Greg Craven AO GCSG - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 17 December 2021

2022

Sr Melissa Therese Dwyer FdCC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 5 April 2022
Sr Clare Therese Condon SGS- Honorary Doctorate conferred on 26 May 2022
Stephen Thomas Sedgwick AO- Honorary Doctorate conferred on 26 May 2022
Reverend Wilson D Miscamble CSC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 15 July 2022
Dr Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr Baumann AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 5 October 2022

2023

Br Peter James Bray FSC - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 17 February 2023
Rev Dr Gerald A. Arbuckle SM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 18 May 2023
James Wilson-Miller - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 18 May 2023
Professor Isabel Maria de Oliveira Capeloa Gil - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 30 August 2023
Natalie Mary Paton AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 17 October 2023
Geraldine Frances Doogue AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 17 October 2023

2024

Susan Pascoe AM - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 15 April 2024
Dr Rachael Kohn AO - Honorary Doctorate conferred on 13 May 2024
Rev Dr Dennis Henry Holtschneider CM – Honorary Doctorate conferred on 23 August 2024