Christopher Willcock SJ (1947), an Australian composer, born in Sydney. He is one of the world's leading Catholic composers of liturgical music, but also has a wide range of concert compositions to his credit, notably settings of modern poetry.

Christopher Willcock is an award-winning composer and liturgist who’s published over 400 titles of concert and liturgical music. Born in Sydney, Australia, he completed studies in keyboard and composition at the University of Sydney in 1974 and was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1977. He then completed further studies in sacramental and liturgical theology at the Institut Catholique in Paris. Presently, Christopher is a member of the United Faculty of Theology in Melbourne, where he teaches with colleagues from other various religious traditions. In 1993 Christopher was the inaugural recipient of the Percy Jones Memorial Award for Outstanding Contribution to Liturgical Music.