Toowoomba diocese
| Toowoomba diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Brisbane |
| Diocesan bishop | Robert McGuckin |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | William Martin Morris |
| founding | 1929 |
| surface | 487,000 km² |
| Parishes | 35 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 264,800 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 67,500 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 25.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 35 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,688 |
| Friars | 5 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 47 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St Patrick's Cathedral |
| address | 73 Margaret Street, PO Box 756, Toowoomba, QLD 4350, Australia |
| Website | www.twb.catholic.org.au |
The Diocese of Toowoomba (Latin Dioecesis Tuumbana , English Diocese of Toowoomba ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Australia with its seat in Toowoomba , Queensland . It covers the southwestern part of Queensland.
history
Pope Pius XI founded the diocese with the Apostolic Constitution Christiano nomini on May 28, 1929 from cession of territory of the Archdiocese of Brisbane , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Toowoomba
- James Byrne , May 28, 1929 - February 11, 1938
- Joseph Basil Roper , July 13, 1938 - October 14, 1952
- William Joseph Brennan , August 7, 1953 - September 11, 1975
- Edward Francis Kelly MSC , December 19, 1975 - November 20, 1992
- William Martin Morris , November 20, 1992 - May 2, 2011
- Robert McGuckin , since May 14, 2012
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1950 | 32,000 | 125,000 | 25.6 | 69 | 54 | 15th | 463 | 27 | 195 | 27 | |
| 1964 | 47,900 | 162,493 | 29.5 | 94 | 71 | 23 | 509 | 61 | 237 | 37 | |
| 1968 | 48,200 | 194,000 | 24.8 | 84 | 66 | 18th | 573 | 54 | 228 | 37 | |
| 1980 | 54.271 | 206,655 | 26.3 | 77 | 66 | 11 | 704 | 37 | 167 | 38 | |
| 1990 | 59,953 | 218,447 | 27.4 | 71 | 55 | 16 | 844 | 36 | 96 | 35 | |
| 1999 | 59,458 | 222,417 | 26.7 | 57 | 46 | 11 | 1043 | 21st | 68 | 35 | |
| 2000 | 61,272 | 232.601 | 26.3 | 55 | 46 | 9 | 1114 | 18th | 56 | 35 | |
| 2001 | 61,573 | 230.716 | 26.7 | 55 | 45 | 10 | 1119 | 19th | 64 | 35 | |
| 2002 | 61.209 | 232.979 | 26.3 | 52 | 42 | 10 | 1177 | 16 | 56 | 35 | |
| 2003 | 62,852 | 239.095 | 26.3 | 49 | 41 | 8th | 1282 | 16 | 58 | 35 | |
| 2004 | 65,912 | 232,900 | 28.3 | 50 | 42 | 8th | 1318 | 15th | 58 | 35 | |
| 2010 | 76,000 | 272,000 | 27.9 | 45 | 38 | 7th | 1688 | 9 | 52 | 35 | |
See also
literature
- Brian Sparksman: The Practice of Ecumenism in a Rural Australian Diocese . In: Catholic University of America : The Jurist 69 (2008), pp. 114-135 (online) .
Web links
Commons : Roman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba - collection of images, videos and audio files
