Rockhampton Bishopric
| Rockhampton Bishopric | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Brisbane |
| Diocesan bishop | Michael Fabian McCarthy |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Brian Heenan |
| founding | 1882 |
| surface | 415,000 km² |
| Parishes | 31 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 435.100 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 108,100 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 24.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 30 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 13 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,514 |
| Friars | 19 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 93 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Cathedral of St Joseph |
| Website | www.rok.catholic.net.au |
The Diocese of Rockhampton (Latin Dioecesis Rockhamptoniensis , English Diocese of Rockhampton ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Australia with its seat in Rockhampton , Queensland . It covers the central part of Queensland.
history
Pope Leo XIII. founded it on December 29, 1882 from cession of territory by the diocese of Brisbane . It was originally a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Sydney .
On May 10, 1887, it became part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Brisbane . It lost part of its territory on February 12, 1930 to the Diocese of Townsville .
Bishops of Rockhampton
- John Cani (January 3, 1882 - March 3, 1898)
- Joseph Higgins (September 21, 1899 - March 3, 1905, then Bishop of Ballarat )
- James Duhig (September 16, 1905 - February 27, 1912, Coadjutor Archbishop of Brisbane )
- Joseph Shiel (August 19, 1912 - April 7, 1931)
- Romuald Denis Hayes SSC (January 12, 1932 - October 25, 1945)
- Andrew Gerard Tynan (March 31, 1946 - June 3, 1960)
- Francis Roberts Rush (November 7, 1960 - March 5, 1973, then Archbishop of Brisbane)
- Bernard Joseph Wallace (January 24, 1974 - May 8, 1990)
- Brian Heenan (July 23, 1991 - October 1, 2013)
- Michael Fabian McCarthy (since March 10, 2014)