Archdiocese of Hobart

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Archdiocese of Hobart

Archidioecesis Hobartensis
Archdiocese of Hobart.jpg
Location
Country Australia
Territory Tasmania
Ecclesiastical province Immediately exempt to the Holy See
Coordinates 42°53′09″S147°19′35″E / 42.88583°S 147.32639°E / -42.88583; 147.32639
Statistics
Area67,914 km2 (26,222 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2021)
  • Increase2.svg 541,760
  • Increase2.svg 92,680 (Steady2.svg 17.1%)
ParishesDecrease2.svg 27
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established5 April 1842 as the
Vicariate Apostolic of Hobart;
22 April 1842 as the
Diocese of Hobart;
3 August 1888 as the Archdiocese of Hobart
Cathedral St Mary's Cathedral, Hobart
Patron saint St. Patrick
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Archbishop Anthony Ireland
Map
Erzbistum Hobart.svg
Website
hobart.catholic.org.au

The Archdiocese of Hobart is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Australia located in Hobart and covering Tasmania, Australia.

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Immediately exempt to the Holy See, the area covered was initially administered by the Vicariate Apostolic of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land. In 1842, the Vicariate Apostolic of Hobart was erected; elevated as a diocese a few weeks later; and as an archdiocese in 1888.

St Mary's Cathedral is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Hobart, currently Anthony Ireland, installed on the 12th of August, 2025.

History

Established 5 April 1842 as the Vicariate Apostolic of Hobart and became Diocese of Hobart on 22 April 1842. On 3 August 1888 as the Archdiocese of Hobart.

Bishops

The following individuals have been appointed as Bishops of Hobart or any of its precursor titles: [1]

OrderNameTitleDate enthronedReign endedTerm of officeReason for term end
1 Robert Willson † Bishop of Hobart22 April 184216 February 186623 years, 300 daysResigned and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Hobart
2 Daniel Murphy † Coadjutor Bishop of Hobart14 November 18658 March 1866114 daysSucceeded as Bishop of Hobart
Bishop of Hobart8 March 18663 August 188822 years, 148 daysElevated as Archbishop of Hobart
Archbishop of Hobart3 August 188829 December 190719 years, 148 daysDied in office
3 Patrick Delany †Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart15 June 189329 December 190714 years, 197 daysSucceeded as Archbishop of Hobart
Archbishop of Hobart29 December 19077 May 192618 years, 129 daysDied in office
4 William Barry †Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart7 April 19198 May 19267 years, 31 daysSucceeded as Archbishop of Hobart
Archbishop of Hobart8 May 192613 June 19293 years, 36 daysDied in office
5William Hayden †11 February 19302 October 19366 years, 234 daysDied in office
6 Justin Simonds †18 February 19376 September 19425 years, 200 daysAppointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Melbourne
7Ernest Victor Tweedy †7 December 194220 September 195512 years, 287 daysResigned and appointed Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart
8 Guilford Clyde Young †Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart10 October 195420 September 1955345 daysSucceeded as Archbishop of Hobart
Archbishop of Hobart20 September 195516 March 198832 years, 178 daysDied in office
9 Eric D'Arcy †24 October 198826 July 199910 years, 275 daysRetired and appointed Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart
10 Adrian Leo Doyle Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart10 November 199726 July 19991 year, 258 daysSucceeded as Archbishop of Hobart
Archbishop of Hobart26 July 199919 July 201313 years, 358 daysRetired and appointed Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart
11 Julian Porteous 17 September 201312 August 202511 years, 337 daysResigned and appointed Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart
12 Anthony Ireland Archbishop of Hobart12 August 2025present8 daysIncumbent

The above table also includes coadjutors, all of whom later served in this see. There was another coadjutor, with appointment not taking effect: Thomas Butler †, appointed Coadjutor Bishop on 13 Mar 1860.

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Cathedral

St Mary's Cathedral, Hobart is the cathedral for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hobart.

Parishes

Southern Tasmania

ParishLocationChurch nameImage
Bellerive-Lindisfarne Parish Bellerive Corpus Christi
Lindisfarne Church of the Incarnation
Rokeby John Paul II
Bridgewater-Brighton Parish Bridgewater St Paul's
Pontville St Matthew's
Cathedral Parish Hobart St Mary's Cathedral
New Town Sacred Heart
Central Tasmania Parish New Norfolk St Peter's
Ouse Immaculate Conception
Bothwell St Andrew's
Tunnack St Brigid's
Ellendale St Colman's
Oatlands St Paul's
Claremont Parish Claremont St Bernard's
Glenorchy Parish Glenorchy St John's
Chigwell St Monica's
Hobart ParishHobartSt Joseph's
Huon Valley Parish Cygnet St James
Geeveston St Joseph
Ranelagh St Mary of the Cross Catholic Church
Dover St Mary Our Hope
Kingston Channel Parish Kingston Beach Christ the Priest
Kettering Church of the Holy Spirit
Kingston St Aloysius
Alonnah St Brendans
Snug St Mary's
Moonah-Lutana Parish Moonah St Therese's
Richmond Parish Richmond St John the Evangelist Richmond 04.jpg
Dodges Ferry Community Centre Hall
Triabunna St Anne's
Colebrook St Patrick's
Sorell St Thomas'
Sandy Bay Parish Sandy Bay Holy Spirit
St Canice
Taroona St Pius X
South Hobart Parish South Hobart St Francis Xavier's

Northern Tasmania

ParishLocationChurch nameImage
Campbell Town Parish Campbell Town St Michael's
Swansea Our Lady of the Perpetual Succour
Ross Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
Flinders Island Parish Whitemark St Paul's
George Town Parish George Town Our Lady Star of the Sea
Karoola Sacred Heart
Lilydale St Anne's
Kings Meadows Parish Youngtown St Peter's
Longford St Augustine's
Launceston Parish Launceston Church of the Apostles Church of the Apostles, Launceston, Tasmania.jpg
West Launceston Carmelite Monastery
Newstead Sacred Heart
Invermay St Finn Barr's
Prospect Vale St Patrick's College Chapel
Meander Valley Parish Westbury Holy Trinity Holy Trinity church Westbury.JPG
Deloraine Holy Redeemer
Scottsdale Parish Scottsdale St Patrick's
Ringarooma Sacred Heart
Bridport St Mary's
St Mary's Parish Bicheno Bicheno Community Church
St Marys St Mary of the Assumption
Mangana Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
St Helens St Helena & St Stanislaus
Fingal St Joseph's
West Tamar Parish Riverside St Francis of Assisi
Glengarry St Canice
Beaconsfield St Francis Xavier

North Western Tasmania

ParishLocationChurch name
Burnie-Wynyard Parish Burnie St Mary's Star of the Sea
Marist Regional College Chapel
Somerset Sacred Heart
Wynyard St Brigid's
Yolla St Joseph's
Circular Head Parish Smithton St Peter Chanel
Stanley Our Star of the Sea
King Island Parish Currie, King IslandOur Lady Star of the Sea
Mersey Leven Parish Devonport Our Lady of Lourdes
Sheffield Holy Cross Church
Ulverstone Sacred Heart
Port Sorell St Joseph's Mass Centre
Penguin St Mary's
Latrobe St Patrick's
West Coast Parish Queenstown St Joseph's
Strahan Holy Trinity (parish makes use of Anglican parish church of the same name)
Zeehan St Fursaeus
Rosebery St Joseph's

Monasteries

Notre Dame Priory is a Benedictine monastery in Colebrook, Tasmania, Australia, founded in 2017 which is part of the Archdiocese.

Controversy

In 2007 Gregory Ferguson, a Marist priest, was sentenced to two years jail (eligible for parole after 12 months) for offences in 1971 against two boys aged 13 at Marist College, Burnie, Tasmania. On 13 December 2007 he was sentenced to an additional three years' jail for offences against a third boy. [2]

While in 2008, a jury found former priest Roger Michael Bellemore guilty on three counts of maintaining a sexual relationship with a young person under the age of 17 years in the 1960s and 1970s, while he was at the same College. [3]

In 2015, Archbishop Julian Porteous was notified that a complaint had been filed with the office of Tasmania's Anti-discrimination Commissioner in relation to the distribution in all Tasmanian Catholic schools of a booklet, Don't Mess with Marriage, stating marriage should be a "heterosexual union between a man and a woman" and changing the law would endanger a child's upbringing. The complaint was filed by a transgender activist and Federal Greens candidate Martine Delaney. The complaint was called "'an attempt to silence' the Church over same-sex marriage" by Archbishop Porteous. [4] The complaint was treated as a possible breach of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 (Tas), and sparked fierce debate on the issues of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and tolerance. The complaint was ultimately withdrawn. [5]

It has been reported that, "The real problem with the Porteous case was that it was unresolved". [6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archdiocese of Hobart". The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 20 February 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Pedophile may get parole after one year's prison". CathNews. Australia. 17 May 2007. Retrieved 19 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Guilty verdict for former priest". ABC News. Australia. 12 February 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  4. ↑ Staff Writers (13 November 2015). "Anti-discrimination commissioner notifies archbishop of possible breach of the law". Catholic Weekly .
  5. ↑ "Anti-discrimination complaint 'an attempt to silence' the Church". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 28 September 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  6. ↑ Merritt, Chris (6 July 2019). "In the fallout of Folau, an opportunity to prevent another Porteous case". The Australian .
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