List of Catholic bishops in Australia

The following is a list of bishops of the Catholic Church in Australia. The Australian Catholic Church comprises seven archdioceses and 32 dioceses including six dioceses which cover the whole country: one each for those who belong to the Chaldean, Maronite, Melkite, Syro-Malabar and Ukrainian rites and one for those serving in the Australian Defence Forces. There is also a personal ordinariate for former Anglicans which has a similar status to a diocese.[1][2] The church in Australia has five provinces: Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.

Each diocese is divided into an ecclesiastical province. Each province has a metropolitan archdiocese led by an archbishop, and at least one suffragan diocese.

The Chaldean, Maronite, Melkite, Syro-Malabar and Ukrainian rites are governed by an eparchy, an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity, that is equivalent to a diocese. All eparchies in Australia are immediately subject to the Holy See with the exception of the Ukrainian Eparchy of Ss Peter and Paul which falls under the authority of the Archdiocese of Melbourne, as a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne.

Latin Church bishops

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Ecclesiastical
Province Map
Diocese Diocese's Coat
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Bishop Title Bishops Coat
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Ecclesiastical Province of Adelaide

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  Archdiocese of Adelaide Patrick O'Regan Archbishop of Adelaide  
Diocese of Darwin Charles Gauci Bishop of Darwin  
Diocese of Port Pirie Karol Kulczycki Bishop of Port Pirie  

Ecclesiastical Province of Brisbane

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  Archdiocese of Brisbane   Mark Coleridge Archbishop of Brisbane  
Diocese of Cairns Joe Caddy Bishop of Cairns  
Diocese of Rockhampton Michael McCarthy Bishop of Rockhampton  
Diocese of Toowoomba Kenneth Howell Bishop of Toowoomba  
Diocese of Townsville Timothy Harris Bishop of Townsville  

Ecclesiastical Province of Melbourne

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  Archdiocese of Melbourne Peter Comensoli Archbishop of Melbourne  
Anthony Ireland Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne  
Martin Ashe Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne  
Terence Curtin Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne  
Diocese of Ballarat Paul Bird Bishop of Ballarat  
Diocese of Sale Gregory Bennet Bishop of Sale  
Diocese of Sandhurst Shane Mackinlay Bishop of Sandhurst  

Ecclesiastical Province of Perth

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  Archdiocese of Perth Timothy Costelloe Archbishop of Perth  
Donald Sproxton Auxiliary Bishop of Perth  
Diocese of Broome Tim Norton Bishop of Broome  
Diocese of Bunbury Sede Vacante Bishop of Bunbury
Diocese of Geraldton Michael Morrissey Bishop of Geraldton  

Ecclesiastical Province of Sydney

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  Archdiocese of Sydney   Anthony Fisher Archbishop of Sydney  
Daniel Meagher Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney  
Richard Umbers Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney  
Diocese of Armidale Sede Vacante Bishop of Armidale
Diocese of Bathurst   Michael McKenna Bishop of Bathurst  
Diocese of Broken Bay Anthony Randazzo Bishop of Broken Bay  
Diocese of Lismore Gregory Homeming Bishop of Lismore  
Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle Michael Kennedy Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle  
Diocese of Parramatta Vincent Long Van Nguyen Bishop of Parramatta  
Diocese of Wagga Wagga Mark Edwards Bishop of Wagga Wagga  
Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes Columba Macbeth-Green Bishop of Wilcannia-Forbes  
Diocese of Wollongong Brian Mascord Bishop of Wollongong  

Immediately subject to the Holy See

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The following dioceses do not fall directly under an Ecclesiastical Province, although they may be associated with one, but are immediately subject to the Holy See.

Diocese Map Diocese Diocese Coat
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Bishop Title Bishop's Coat
of Arms

Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn

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  Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn   Christopher Prowse Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn  

Archdiocese of Hobart

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  Archdiocese of Hobart Julian Porteous Archbishop of Hobart  

Diocese of the Australian Military Services

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Catholic Diocese of the Australian Military Services   Sede Vacante Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Australia

Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross

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Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross   Sede Vacante Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate
of Our Lady of the Southern Cross

Bishops emeriti

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Province Bishop Title Diocese
Adelaide Eugene Hurley bishop emeritus Diocese of Darwin
Gregory O'Kelly bishop emeritus Diocese of Port Pirie
Brisbane Brian Finnigan auxiliary bishop emeritus Archdiocese of Brisbane
Joseph Oudeman auxiliary bishop emeritus Archdiocese of Brisbane
James Foley bishop emeritus Diocese of Cairns
Brian Heenan bishop emeritus Diocese of Rockhampton
William Morris bishop emeritus Diocese of Toowoomba
Robert McGuckin bishop emeritus Diocese of Toowoomba
Melbourne Denis Hart archbishop emeritus Archdiocese of Melbourne
Peter Elliott auxiliary bishop emeritus Archdiocese of Melbourne
Peter Connors bishop emeritus Diocese of Ballarat
Leslie Tomlinson bishop emeritus Diocese of Sandhurst
Perth Barry Hickey archbishop emeritus Archdiocese of Perth
Christopher Saunders bishop emeritus Diocese of Broome
Gerard Holohan bishop emeritus Diocese of Bunbury
Justin Bianchini bishop emeritus Diocese of Geraldton
Sydney David Cremin auxiliary bishop emeritus Archdiocese of Sydney
Terence Brady auxiliary bishop emeritus Archdiocese of Sydney
David Walker bishop emeritus Diocese of Broken Bay
Geoffrey Jarrett bishop emeritus Diocese of Lismore
Michael Malone bishop emeritus Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle
Kevin Manning bishop emeritus Diocese of Parramatta
Gerard Hanna bishop emeritus Diocese of Wagga Wagga
Canberra & Goulburn Patrick Power auxiliary bishop emeritus Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn
Hobart Adrian Doyle archbishop emeritus Archdiocese of Hobart
Military Ordinariate Max Davis bishop emeritus Diocese of the Australian Military Services
Personal Ordinariate Harry Entwistle ordinary emeritus Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross
Carl Reid ordinary emeritus Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross

Eastern Catholic Eparchs

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Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne

The Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne, a Latin Church territory.

Metropolia Metropolia Map Eparchy Bishop Title Bishop Coat
of Arms
Melbourne Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne Mykola Bychok eparchial bishop  

Eastern Catholic eparchs whose eparchies are immediately subject to the Holy See

The other Eastern Catholic Churches with eparchies (dioceses) or exarchates established in Australia are not grouped into provinces although may be associated with them. All are immediately subject to the Holy See, with limited oversight by the head of their respective sui iuris churches.

Church Metropolia Map Eparchy Bishop Title Bishop Coat
of Arms
Chaldean Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney Amel Nona Eparch
Melkite Greek Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint Michael Archangel in Sydney Robert Rabbat Eparch
Maronite Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney Antoine-Charbel Tarabay Eparch
Syro-Malabar Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Melbourne John Panamthottathil Eparch

Eparchs emeriti

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Bosco Puthur bishop emeritus Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Melbourne
Jibrael Kassab eparch emeritus Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney
Issam Darwish eparch emeritus Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint Michael Archangel in Sydney
Ad Abikaram eparch emeritus Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney
Peter Stasiuk bishop emeritus Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne

Australian bishops serving outside Australia

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Non-Australian bishops serving in Australia

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References

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  1. ^ "The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross". Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Military Ordinariate of Australia, Military". The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 19 February 2011. Archived from the original on 5 February 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2007.