Archdiocese of Brisbane
| Archdiocese of Brisbane | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Diocesan bishop | Mark Coleridge |
| Auxiliary bishop | Kenneth Michael Howell |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
Brian Finnigan Joseph Oudeman OFMCap |
| founding | 1859 |
| surface | 65,000 km² |
| Parishes | 100 (December 31, 2015 / AP2016 ) |
| Residents | 3,205,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics | 740,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2016 ) |
| proportion of | 23.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 176 ( 12/31/2015 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 94 ( 12/31/2015 / AP2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,741 |
| Permanent deacons | 14 (31.12.2015 / AP2016 ) |
| Friars | 211 (December 31, 2015 / AP2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 542 (December 31, 2015 / AP2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Stephen |
| Website | bne.catholic.net.au |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Cairns Diocese of Rockhampton Diocese of Toowoomba Diocese of Townsville |
The Archdiocese of Brisbane ( Latin : Archidioecesis Brisbanensis ) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Brisbane , Australia .
history
Under Pope Pius IX. was founded on April 12, 1859 from the Archdiocese of Sydney out the Diocese of Brisbane. The first bishop was the Irishman James Quinn (1819–1881). In 1877 the Vicariate Apostolic of Queensland was founded, from 1941 the Diocese of Cairns . In 1882 the Rockhampton diocese was spun off .
On May 10, 1887, Pope Leo XIII. the elevation of the previous diocese of Brisbane to an archdiocese . In 1929 the bishopric Toowoomba was spun off . The Suffragan Townsville was founded in 1930 out of the Rockhampton diocese.
Archdiocese
The Archdiocese of Brisbane stretches in the south from the border between the states of Queensland and New South Wales and runs north about 350 km along the east coast and the Sunshine Coast from Queensland via Gin Gin to Maryborough . In the west, the area of the Archdiocese reaches Eidsvold and Gatton and runs south over Auburn and Blackbutt down to the McPherson Range on the Queensland / New South Wales border.
Ordinaries
- James Quinn , 1859-1881
- Robert Dunne , 1882-1917
- James Duhig , 1917-1965
- Patrick Mary O'Donnell , 1965-1973
- Francis Roberts Rush , 1973-1991
- John Bathersby , 1991-2011
- Mark Coleridge , since 2012