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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.
Archdiocese of Sydney Adopted 1842 Crest Mitre and shield Torse None Shield Crux (Southern Cross); cross Supporters None This is a list of the bishops and archbishops of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney since 1842. The title also is the Catholic Primate of Australia. List of bishops Order Name Title Date enthroned Reign ended Term of office Reason for term end Notes 1 John Bede Polding ...
The national assembly of bishops is the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC), headed by Timothy Costelloe SDB, the Archbishop of Perth. [171] There are a further 175 autonomous Catholic religious orders operating in Australia, generally affiliated under Catholic Religious Australia, headed by Sr Monica Cavanagh RSJ. [7]
According to the Australian National University's John Warhurst, the ACBC is "among the most influential pressure groups in Australian politics today". [15] The Sydney Morning Herald wrote in 2016: "There are about 5.4 million Catholics in Australia, according to the 2011 census, and the ACBC is the peak organising body for the church's bishops ...
Charles Gauci (born 1952) is an Australian priest who was appointed Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Darwin on 27 June 2018. He had been a priest in the Archdiocese of Adelaide since his ordination in 1977. [1] His immediate previous post was as administrator of St Francis Xavier's Cathedral in Adelaide.
Daniel Joseph Meagher (born 10 November 1961) [1] is an Australian Catholic bishop. He has served as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney since 2021. Previously parish priest of All Hallows’ Parish in Five Dock, his episcopal consecration took place on 8 December 2021.
A retired Roman Catholic bishop appeared in court in remote Western Australia on Thursday on charges of sexual offences against children, including two counts of rape. The charges against ...
Richard James Umbers (born 17 March 1971 [1]) is an Australian Catholic bishop. He is currently an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Sydney and the youngest Latin Catholic bishop in Australia. [2] He is also the first priest of Opus Dei to be appointed a bishop in Australia. [3]