The Mission sui iuris of Kalumburu (originally Drysdale River) was a Roman Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction in Western Australia from 1910 to 1980.
History
editIt was established on 4 May 1910 as Mission sui juris of Drysdale River on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in Western Australia. It was to remain exempt, i.e. directly subject to the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.[1]
In 1971, it was renamed as Mission sui juris of Kalumburu.
In 1980 it was suppressed and its territory merged into the Roman Catholic Diocese of Broome.
Ecclesiastical Superiors
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- Ecclesiastical Superiors of Drisdale River
- Fulgentius Torres (1910.05.04 – 1914.10.05), while Superior General of the Subiaco Cassinese Benedictine Congregation (O.S.B. Subl.); later Apostolic Administrator of the mother jurisdiction Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in Western Australia (Australia) (1910.05.05 – 1914.10.05) & Titular Bishop of Dorylæum (1910.05.10 – 1914.10.05)
- Apostolic Administrator Anselmo Federico Catalán, O.S.B. Subl. (1915.06.30 – 1951), while Abbot Ordinary of the Territorial Abbacy of New Norcia
- Apostolic Administrator Abbot Gregory Gomez, O.S.B. Subl. (1951.07.05 – 1971), while Abbot Ordinary of the Territorial Abbacy of New Norcia[2]
- Ecclesiastical Superior of Kalumburu
- Bernard Rooney, O.S.B. Subl. (1971–1980), part of his term already Abbot Ordinary of the Territorial Abbacy of New Norcia ([1974.03.19] 1974.03.31 – 1980.06.15)
References
edit- ^ Perez, Eugene (1958), Kalumburu formerly Drysdale River Benedictine Mission, North Western Australia : a golden jubilee publication 1908-1958, New Norcia Abbey Press, retrieved 26 January 2020
- ^ "First Australian Named Native Mission Superior". Catholic Weekly. New South Wales, Australia. 4 December 1952. p. 6. Retrieved 26 January 2020 – via Trove.
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