Parish Administrator

Fr Josh Miechels

Fr Josh was ordained in 2015 as priest of the Emmanuel Community for the Archdiocese of Sydney. He has worked as a priest in Beverly Hills, Gymea, Fairfield, St Nicholas de Champs (Paris) and Sydney City South, as well as chaplain to Patrician Brothers Fairfield and UNSW.

After helping set up and run Sumner House in its first years, he obtained a Licentiate in January 2023 from the Faculté Notre Dame in Paris with a thesis examining the spousal meaning of the human body.

A columnist for the Catholic Weekly, he has been Administrator of St Peter Chanel and St Joseph Berala, and chaplain to Auburn Hospital & Trinity Junior Campus since 1 August 2023.