Townsville diocese
| Townsville diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Brisbane |
| Diocesan bishop | Timothy Harris |
| founding | 1930 |
| surface | 434,400 km² |
| Parishes | 26 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 283,600 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 81,700 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 28.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 18 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,404 |
| Friars | 15 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 50 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
| Website | www.tsv.catholic.org.au |
The Diocese of Townsville (Latin Dioecesis Tovnsvillensis , English Diocese of Townsville ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Australia with its seat in Townsville , Queensland . It covers the north-central part of Queensland. The episcopal church is the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Townsville.
history
Pope Pius XI founded it on February 12, 1930 from cessions of territory by the Diocese of Rockhampton and was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Brisbane as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Townsville
- Terence Bernard McGuire (February 12, 1930 - June 14, 1938, then Bishop of Goulburn )
- Hugo Edward Ryan (July 13, 1938 - September 14, 1967)
- Leonard Faulkner (September 14, 1967 - September 2, 1983, then Coadjutor Archbishop of Adelaide )
- Raymond Conway Benjamin (February 14, 1984 - April 18, 2000)
- Michael Putney (January 24, 2001 - March 28, 2014)
- Timothy Harris (since February 8, 2017)