Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes
| Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Sydney |
| Diocesan bishop | Columba Macbeth Green OSPPE |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Christopher Henry Toohey |
| founding | 1887 |
| surface | 414,398 km² |
| Parishes | 20 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 126,330 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 38,000 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 30.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 9 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,533 |
| Friars | 11 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 24 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral |
| Website | www.wf.catholic.org.au |
The diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes (Latin Dioecesis Vilcanniensis-Forbesina , English Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes ) is a in Australia located Roman Catholic diocese based in Broken Hill .
history
The diocese Wilcannia-Forbes was on June 10, 1887 by Pope Pius IX. from the cession of the dioceses of Armidale , Bathurst and Goulburn as the diocese of Wilcannia and the Archdiocese of Sydney as a suffragan . The diocese of Wilcannia was renamed the Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes on July 28, 1917 .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Wilcannia
- John Dunne , 1887-1916
Bishops of Wilcannia-Forbes
- William Hayden , 1918–1930, then Archbishop of Hobart
- Thomas Martin Fox , 1931-1967
- Douglas Joseph Warren , 1967-1994
- Barry Francis Collins , 1994-2000
-
Christopher Toohey , 2001-2009
- Terence Brady , 2009-2014 ( Apostolic Administrator )
- Columba Macbeth Green OSPPE , since 2014
See also
Web links
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