List of Catholic bishops in Australia
The following is a list of bishops of the Catholic Church in Australia. The Australian Catholic Church comprises seven archdioceses and 32 dioceses including six dioceses which cover the whole country: one each for those who belong to the Chaldean, Maronite, Melkite, Syro-Malabar and Ukrainian rites and one for those serving in the Australian Defence Forces. There is also a personal ordinariate for former Anglicans which has a similar status to a diocese.[1][2] The church in Australia has five provinces: Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.
Each diocese is divided into an ecclesiastical province. Each province has a metropolitan archdiocese led by an archbishop, and at least one suffragan diocese.
The Chaldean, Maronite, Melkite, Syro-Malabar and Ukrainian rites are governed by an eparchy, an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity, that is equivalent to a diocese. All eparchies in Australia are immediately subject to the Holy See with the exception of the Ukrainian Eparchy of Ss Peter and Paul which falls under the authority of the Archdiocese of Melbourne, as a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne.
Latin Church bishops[edit]
| Ecclesiastical Province Map |
Diocese | Diocese's Coat of Arms |
Bishop | Title | Bishops Coat of Arms |
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Ecclesiastical Province of Adelaide[edit] | |||||
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Archdiocese of Adelaide | Patrick O'Regan | Archbishop of Adelaide | .svg)
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| Diocese of Darwin | Charles Gauci | Bishop of Darwin | 
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| Diocese of Port Pirie | Karol Kulczycki | Bishop of Port Pirie | 
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Ecclesiastical Province of Brisbane[edit] | |||||
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Archdiocese of Brisbane | 
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Mark Coleridge | Archbishop of Brisbane | 
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| Tim Norton | Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane | 
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| Diocese of Cairns | Sede Vacante | Bishop of Cairns | |||
| Diocese of Rockhampton | Michael McCarthy | Bishop of Rockhampton | 
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| Diocese of Toowoomba | Kenneth Howell | Bishop of Toowoomba | 
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| Diocese of Townsville | Timothy Harris | Bishop of Townsville | 
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Ecclesiastical Province of Melbourne[edit] | |||||
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Archdiocese of Melbourne | Peter Comensoli | Archbishop of Melbourne | .svg)
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| Anthony Ireland | Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne | 
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| Martin Ashe | Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne |
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| Terence Curtin | Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne |
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| Diocese of Ballarat | Paul Bird | Bishop of Ballarat | 
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| Diocese of Sale | Gregory Bennet | Bishop of Sale | 
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| Diocese of Sandhurst | Shane Mackinlay | Bishop of Sandhurst | 
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Ecclesiastical Province of Perth[edit] | |||||
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Archdiocese of Perth | Timothy Costelloe | Archbishop of Perth | 
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| Donald Sproxton | Auxiliary Bishop of Perth | 
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| Diocese of Broome | Sede Vacante | Bishop of Broome | |||
| Diocese of Bunbury | Sede Vacante | Bishop of Bunbury | |||
| Diocese of Geraldton | Michael Morrissey | Bishop of Geraldton | 
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Ecclesiastical Province of Sydney[edit] | |||||
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Archdiocese of Sydney | 
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Anthony Fisher | Archbishop of Sydney | 
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| Daniel Meagher | Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney | 
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| Richard Umbers | Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney | 
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| Diocese of Armidale | Sede Vacante | Bishop of Armidale | |||
| Diocese of Bathurst | 
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Michael McKenna | Bishop of Bathurst |
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| Diocese of Broken Bay | Anthony Randazzo | Bishop of Broken Bay | 
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| Diocese of Lismore | Gregory Homeming | Bishop of Lismore | 
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| Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle | Michael Kennedy | Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle | 
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| Diocese of Parramatta | Vincent Long Van Nguyen | Bishop of Parramatta | 
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| Diocese of Wagga Wagga | Mark Edwards | Bishop of Wagga Wagga | 
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| Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes | Columba Macbeth-Green | Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes | 
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| Diocese of Wollongong | Brian Mascord | Bishop of Wollongong | 
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Immediately subject to the Holy See[edit]
The following dioceses do not fall directly under an Ecclesiastical Province, although they may be associated with one, but are immediately subject to the Holy See.
| Diocese Map | Diocese | Diocese Coat of Arms |
Bishop | Title | Bishop's Coat of Arms |
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Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn[edit] | |||||
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Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn | 
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Christopher Prowse | Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn | 
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Archdiocese of Hobart[edit] | |||||
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Archdiocese of Hobart | Julian Porteous | Archbishop of Hobart | 
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Diocese of the Australian Military Services[edit] | |||||
| Catholic Diocese of the Australian Military Services | 
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Sede Vacante | Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Australia | ||
Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross[edit] | |||||
| Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross | 
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Sede Vacante | Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross | ||
Bishops emeriti[edit]
Eastern Catholic Eparchs[edit]
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne
The Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne, a Latin Church territory.
| Metropolia | Metropolia Map | Eparchy | Bishop | Title | Bishop Coat of Arms |
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| Melbourne | Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne | Mykola Bychok | eparchial bishop | 
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Eastern Catholic eparchs whose eparchies are immediately subject to the Holy See
The other Eastern Catholic Churches with eparchies (dioceses) or exarchates established in Australia are not grouped into provinces although may be associated with them. All are immediately subject to the Holy See, with limited oversight by the head of their respective sui iuris churches.
| Church | Metropolia Map | Eparchy | Bishop | Title | Bishop Coat of Arms |
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| Chaldean | Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney | Amel Nona | Eparch | ||
| Melkite Greek | Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint Michael Archangel in Sydney | Robert Rabbat | Eparch | ||
| Maronite | Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney | Antoine-Charbel Tarabay | Eparch | ||
| Syro-Malabar | Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Melbourne | John Panamthottathil | Eparch |
Eparchs emeriti[edit]
| Eparchs/ Bishops |
Title | Eparchy |
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| Bosco Puthur | bishop emeritus | Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Melbourne |
| Jibrael Kassab | eparch emeritus | Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney |
| Issam Darwish | eparch emeritus | Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint Michael Archangel in Sydney |
| Ad Abikaram | eparch emeritus | Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney |
| Peter Stasiuk | bishop emeritus | Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne |
Non-Australian bishops serving in Australia[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross". Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ "Military Ordinariate of Australia, Military". The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 19 February 2011. Archived from the original on 5 February 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2007.