Fr Marcus Goulding

Parish Priest

Fr Marcus was born in 1991, the eldest of three sons to John and Fran. He grew up in Melbourne’s north-eastern suburbs, attending primary school at St Martin of Tours in Rosanna and secondary school at Viewbank College. In his youth, he was actively involved in his parish, assisting as an altar server. He began to discern a vocation to the priesthood around the age of 12 and entered Corpus Christi College seminary in 2010. He was ordained a deacon in 2016, when he was appointed to St Brendan’s Parish in Flemington. On 24th June 2017 he was ordained a priest by Archbishop Hart at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne. He served as assistant priest in Box Hill (2017-2020), Altona Meadows (2020), Melton South & Bacchus Marsh (2020-2022), and Keilor Downs (2022-2023). He was appointed Administrator of Corio Lara by Archbishop Comensoli on 1st January 2024 and Parish Priest on 1st April 2025.

Mission Team

If the diocesan bishop judges it opportune after he has heard the presbyteral council, a pastoral council is to be established in each parish, over which the pastor presides and in which the Christian faithful, together with those who share in pastoral care by virtue of their office in the parish, assist in fostering pastoral activity. A pastoral council possesses a consultative vote only and is governed by the norms established by the diocesan bishop.

The Code of Canon Law, canon 536

Finance Committee

In each parish there is to be a finance council which is governed, in addition to universal law, by norms issued by the diocesan bishop and in which the Christian faithful, selected according to these same norms, are to assist the pastor in the administration of the goods of the parish, without prejudice to the prescript of can. 532.

The Code of Canon Law, canon 537