Diocese of Armidale
| Diocese of Armidale | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Sydney |
| Diocesan bishop | Michael Robert Kennedy |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Luc Julian Matthys |
| founding | 1869 |
| surface | 120,000 km² |
| Parishes | 25 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 176,543 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 45,295 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 25.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 27 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,510 |
| Friars | 5 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 18 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St Mary and St Joseph's Cathedral |
| address | Chancery Office, PO Box 93, Armidale, NSW 2350, Australia |
| Website | http://armidale.catholic.org.au/ |
The Diocese of Armidale (Latin Dioecesis Armidalensis , English Diocese of Armidale ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Australia with its seat in Armidale , New South Wales .
history
Pope Pius IX founded it on November 28, 1862 from cession of territory from the Archdiocese of Sydney , to which it was also subordinated as a Suffragan diocese.
The Holy See granted the Archbishop of Sydney the privilege of appointing the Bishop of Armidale on January 28, 1863. In May of that year, the Archbishop of Sydney Bede Polding OSB appointed Samuel Augustine Sheehy OSB. However, this appointment was not recognized by the Holy See, which on January 23, 1865 appointed James Bernard Hayes OESA . In 1869 the first bishop was ordained and installed.
On May 5, 1887, it lost part of its territory to the Diocese of Grafton and five days later to the Diocese of Wilcannia .
Bishops of Armidale
- Thomas Timothy O'Mahony (October 1, 1869– August 2, 1877)
- Elzear Torreggiani OFMCap (February 12, 1879– May 28, 1904)
- Patrick Joseph O'Connor (January 28, 1904– July 15, 1932)
- John Aloysius Coleman (July 15, 1932– December 22, 1947)
- Edward John Doody (March 11, 1948- April 9, 1968)
- James Darcy Freeman (October 18, 1968– July 9, 1971, then Archbishop of Sydney )
- Henry Joseph Kennedy (December 6, 1971– April 26, 1991)
- Kevin Michael Manning (April 26, 1991– July 10, 1997, then Bishop of Parramatta )
- Luc Julian Matthys (March 17, 1999– December 7, 2011)
- Michael Robert Kennedy , since December 7, 2011