THE IBP IN TASMANIA
In 2025 the Institute of the Good Shepherd began a new chapter Down Under.
Our first Australian house
BRINGING TRADITION TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
In 2025, Archbishop Julian Porteous invited the Institute of the Good Shepherd to minister to the Latin Mass Community in Launceston, Tasmania and establish a house.
Building on the work of previous priests and the community, Father Shawn Murphy was sent as the first superior of the newly establish Saint Joseph House to care for the spiritual needs of the community and Tasmania.
2006
The Institute of the Good Shepherd was founded in Rome on September 8, 2006, the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, under the pontificate and benevolence of Pope Benedict XVI. On that day, the IBP’s statutes were approved by the Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, Cardinal Dario Castrillón Hoyos, acting on behalf of the Holy See.
2025
THE IBP COMES TO TASMANIA
