Archdiocese of Melbourne
| Archdiocese of Melbourne | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Diocesan bishop | Peter Comensoli |
| Auxiliary bishop | Terence Curtin |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Denis Hart |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus |
Hilton Forrest Deakin Peter John Elliott |
| founding | 1847 |
| surface | 27,194 km² |
| Dean's offices | 25 (December 7th, 2008) |
| Parishes | 216 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 4,440,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,167,696 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 26.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 303 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 188 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,378 |
| Permanent deacons | 17 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 404 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 1,641 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Patrick |
| address | James Goold House P.O. Box 146 228 Victoria Parade East Melbourne VIC 3002 Australia |
| Website | www.cam.org.au/ |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Bishopric of Ballarat Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul in Melbourne Bishopric of Sale Bishopric of Sandhurst |
The Archdiocese of Melbourne (Latin Archidioecesis Melburnensis , English Archdiocese of Melbourne ) is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese in Australia with its seat in Melbourne .
The Archdiocese of Melbourne was detached from the Archdiocese of Sydney on June 25, 1847 and established as the Diocese of Melbourne. In 1874 the dioceses of Ballarat and Sandhurst were spun off. On March 31, 1874, the elevation to the archbishopric took place. In 1887 the Diocese of Sale was spun off.
Since 1982, the Saint Peter and Paul Eparchy in Melbourne has been part of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church , which has been led by Bishop Peter Stasiuk since 1992 .
On December 11, 2018, the jury of an Australian court found the former diocesan bishop , Curia Cardinal George Pell , unanimously guilty . The charges are officially unknown; according to media reports, they concern the sexual abuse of minors . Pell is free on bail ; the sentence was announced for February 4, 2019. On December 12, 2018, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had already released him and two other cardinals from his duties in the Council of Cardinals in October 2018 because of his old age. Regarding the legal process, Vatican spokesman Greg Burke said the Holy See had "the greatest respect for the Australian courts".
Ordinaries
- James Alypius Goold OSA , from 1847 to 1886 (from 1874 Archbishop )
- Thomas Joseph Carr , from 1886 to 1917
- Daniel Mannix , from 1917 to 1963
- Justin Daniel Simonds , from 1963 to 1967
- James Robert Knox , then Cardinal of the Curia from 1967 to 1974
- Thomas Francis Little , from 1974 to 1996
- George Pell , then Archbishop of Sydney from 1996 to 2001
- Denis Hart , 2001-2018
- Peter Comensoli , since 2018
See also
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St. Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne
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Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.katholisch.de/aktuelles/aktuelle-artikel/missrauch-kardinal-pell-verendungt-und-die-medien-schweigen
- ↑ Curd Wunderlich: Close confidante of the Pope: Cardinal abused children - and nobody should know. Die Welt from December 16, 2018
- ↑ kathisch.de : Abuse: Cardinal Pell condemned - and the media are silent, December 13, 2018.
