Mark Tannock, the Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Notre Dame in Fremantle, has been appointed as the principal of St Aloysius’ College in Sydney.
Mr Tannock will take over from Fr Chris Middleton SJ, who ends his term as principal at the conclusion of Term One next year.
The announcement was made public on September 20, signalling the appointment of the first lay principal in the Jesuit school’s 135-year history.
Mr Tannock will commence work at the school at the beginning of 2014, spending the first school term getting acquainted with the all-boys college and visiting the other schools and works of the Jesuit Province in Sydney.
He will also take part in an Ignatian formation process under the guidance of Fr Peter Hosking SJ, the school’s rector.
Having completed his secondary studies at John XXIII College in Perth, Mr Tannock said he was delighted to be taking up a position at another Jesuit school.
“I am deeply honoured by the call to serve the Aloysian family as its first lay principal,” he said.
“I hope that I might serve the college and its community by inheriting the remarkable legacy of leadership from Fr Chris Middleton SJ and all the Jesuits who have devoted their lives to educating ‘men for others’.
“I look forward to becoming a part of the Aloysian family and learning what makes the college such a special place – one that graduates young men of outstanding character.”
Mr Tannock has previously taught at three Catholic boys’ schools in Perth – Trinity College, Aquinas College and CBC in Fremantle.
He has served as the Pro-Vice Chancellor at UNDA since 2011, after spending three years at the university’s Sydney campus.
St Aloysius’ College is an independent Catholic school for boys from Year 3 to Year 12 in Milson’s Point in New South Wales.