Diocese of Wagga Wagga
| Diocese of Wagga Wagga | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Australia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Sydney |
| Diocesan bishop | Mark Edwards OMI |
| Apostolic Administrator | Christopher Prowse |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Gerard Hanna |
| founding | 1917 |
| surface | 62,160 km² |
| Parishes | 32 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 199,400 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 65,440 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 32.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 45 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,309 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 12 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 79 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Michael's Cathedral |
| Website | www.wagga.catholic.org.au |
The diocese Wagga Wagga ( Latin Dioecesis Corvopolitana , English Diocese of Wagga Wagga ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Australia with its seat in Wagga Wagga , New South Wales . It was formed on July 28, 1917 from areas of the Diocese of Goulburn and has been under the Archdiocese of Sydney as a suffragan since then .
Ordinaries
- Joseph Wilfrid Dwyer (1918–1939)
- Frances Augustin Henschke (1939–1968)
- Francis Patrick Carroll (1968–1983, then Archbishop of Canberra )
- William John Brennan (1984-2002)
- Gerard Hanna (2002-2016)
- Mark Edwards OMI (since 2020)
See also
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Web links
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