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Diocese Cathedral History Ref. Diocese of Allegheny: St. Peter Church •1876.01.11: Established as the Diocese of Allegheny with territory from the Diocese of Pittsburgh •1889.07.01: Suppressed, with its territory returned to the Diocese of Pittsburgh •1971: Title of Bishop of Allegheny Restored as Titular Episcopal See [6] Diocese of Alton
On 6 May 1845 the Diocese of Perth was erected in an area covered and administered previously by the Archdiocese of Sydney.. It lost territory repeatedly, to establish on 12 March 1867 the Benedictine Territorial Abbacy of New Norcia, on 10 May 1887 the Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in Western Australia and on 30 January 1898 the Roman Catholic Diocese of Geraldton.
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View history; General ... Diocese of Perth or Archdiocese of Perth could refer to: Anglican Diocese of Perth; Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Perth
St Mary's Cathedral, Perth, officially the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Perth and seat of its archbishop, currently Timothy Costelloe. The cathedral is at the centre of Victoria Square, on the northern end of Victoria Avenue, Perth, Western Australia.
Matthew Gibney (1 November 1835 – 22 June 1925) was an Irish-born metropolitan bishop in Australia and the third Roman Catholic Bishop of Perth, serving from 1886 until 1910. Gibney is perhaps best known for giving notorious bushranger Ned Kelly his last rites following a shootout at Glenrowan , Victoria , in 1880.
Count Redmond Garrett Prendiville (11 September 1900 – 28 June 1968) [1] a former Australian metropolitan bishop, was the fifth bishop and second Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Perth. In 1933, at the time of his consecration, aged 32, Prendiville was reputedly the youngest-ever Catholic archbishop.