Archdiocese of Hobart
| Archdiocese of Hobart | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediate |
| Diocesan bishop | Julian Charles Porteous |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Adrian Doyle |
| Vicar General | Mark William Freeman |
| founding | 1842 |
| surface | 68,267 km² |
| Parishes | 25 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Residents | 512.100 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Catholics | 88,834 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| proportion of | 17.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 31 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 17 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,851 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Friars | 25 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 71 (2013 / AP 2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Mary's Cathedral |
| Website | www.hobart.catholic.org.au |
The Archdiocese of Hobart ( Latin Archidioecesis Hobartensis , English Archdiocese of Hobart ) is an archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Australia with its seat in Hobart . It stretches across the entire Australian state of Tasmania and is divided into 25 parishes .
It was founded on April 5, 1842 as the Vicariate Apostolic Hobart from areas of the Apostolic Vicariate New Holland and Van Diemen's Land , and on April 22, 1842 it was elevated to a diocese.
Ordinaries
- Robert William Willson (1842–1866)
- Daniel Murphy (1866-1907)
- Patrick Delany (1907-1926)
- William Barry (1926-1929)
- William Hayden (1930-1936)
- Justin Daniel Simonds (1937–1942, then coadjutor of the Archdiocese of Melbourne )
- Ernest Victor Tweedy (1942–1955)
- Guilford Clyde Young (1955-1988)
- Joseph Eric D'Arcy (1988-1999)
- Adrian Doyle (1999-2013)
- Julian Charles Porteous (since 2013)