Diocese of Bunbury Dioecesis Bumburiensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Australia |
Territory | South West and Great Southern, Western Australia |
Ecclesiastical province | Perth |
Coordinates | 33°19′46″S115°38′13″E / 33.32944°S 115.63694°E |
Statistics | |
Area | 184,000 km2 (71,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 283,000 58,522 (20.7%) |
Parishes | 27 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 12 November 1954 |
Cathedral | St Patrick's Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Sede vacante |
Apostolic Administrator | Timothy Costelloe |
Bishops emeritus | Gerard Holohan |
Website | |
Catholic Diocese of Bunbury |
The Diocese of Bunbury is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Australia. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Perth. The Diocese of Bunbury was established in 1954, and covers the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia.
The following men have been Bishop of Bunbury: [1]
Order | Name | Date enthroned | Reign ended | Term of office | Reason for term end |
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1 | Lancelot Goody † | 12 November 1954 | 18 October 1968 | 13 years, 341 days | Elevated as Archbishop of Perth |
2 | Myles McKeon † | 6 March 1969 | 18 February 1982 | 12 years, 349 days | Resigned and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury |
3 | Peter Quinn † | 26 May 1982 | 20 December 2000 | 18 years, 208 days | Resigned and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury |
4 | Gerard Joseph Holohan | 5 September 2001 | 30 June 2023 | 21 years, 298 days | Resigned and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury |
The diocese is divided into three separate deaneries that administer individual parishes: [2]
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