Diocese of Lismore
| Diocese of Lismore | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Australia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Sydney |
| Diocesan bishop | Gregory Homeming OCD |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett |
| founding | 1887 |
| surface | 28,660 km² |
| Parishes | 22 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 504.200 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 116,870 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 23.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 47 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,050 |
| Permanent deacons | 4 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 17 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 89 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Carthage's Cathedral |
| Website | www.lismorediocese.org |
The Diocese of Lismore (Latin Dioecesis Lismorensis , English Diocese of Lismore ) is in Australia located Roman Catholic diocese based in Lismore .
The Catholic Education office in Lismore manages 45 co-educational schools in the diocese. The Catholic Ministry for the Aborigines is based in Macksville . The diocese also offers a range of health and elderly care services ranging from childcare and nursing homes to natural family planning. In the diocese there are also the communities of the Marist School Brothers , Presentation Sisters and a convent of the Carmelites .
history
The diocese of Lismore was on May 5, 1887 by Pope Pius IX. from the cession of the Diocese of Armidale as the Diocese of Grafton and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Sydney as a suffragan . The diocese of Grafton was renamed on June 13, 1900 in the Diocese of Lismore .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Grafton
- Jeremiah Joseph Doyle , 1887–1900
Bishops of Lismore
- Jeremiah Joseph Doyle, 1900–1909
- John Joseph Carroll , 1909-1949
- Patrick Joseph Farrelly , 1949–1971
- John Satterthwaite , 1971-2001
- Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett , 2001-2016
- Gregory Homeming OCD , since 2016
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Lismore (English)
- Entry on the diocese of Lismore on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry about the diocese of Lismore on gcatholic.org (English)