Diocese sale
| Diocese sale | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Melbourne |
| Diocesan bishop | Gregory Charles Bennet (appointed) |
| founding | 1887 |
| surface | 44,441 km² |
| Parishes | 27 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 510,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 127,100 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 24.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 30 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,435 |
| Permanent deacons | 5 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 10 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 14 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral |
| Website | www.sale.catholic.org.au |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sale (Latin Dioecesis Saliensis , English Diocese of Sale ) is an in Australia located Roman Catholic diocese based in Sale .
history
The diocese Sale was on May 10, 1887 by Pope Leo XIII. built from cession of the Archdiocese of Melbourne and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Sale
- James Francis Corbett , 1887-1912
- Patrick Phelan , 1912-1925
- Richard Ryan CM , 1926-1957
- Patrick Francis Lyons , 1957-1967
- Arthur Francis Fox , 1967-1981
- Joseph Eric D'Arcy , 1981–1988, then Archbishop of Hobart
- Jeremiah Joseph Coffey , 1989-2008
- Christopher Prowse , 2009–2013, then Archbishop of Canberra-Goulburn
- Patrick Michael O'Regan , 2014–2020, then Archbishop of Adelaide
- Gregory Charles Bennet , since 2020
See also
Web links
- Sale of the diocese website (English)
- Entry for Diocese Sale on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)