Diocese of Armidale, Australia 🇦🇺

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Armidale / Armidalen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Sydney

Neighbouring Dioceses: Bathurst (↙), Wilcannia–Forbes (←), Toowoomba (↑), Lismore (↗), Maitland–Newcastle (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1869.11.28: Established as Diocese of Armidale / Armidalen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sydney and became suffragan of Sydney)
1887.05.05: Gained territory from Diocese of Maitland and lost territory to establish Diocese of Grafton
1887.05.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Wilcannia

Contact Info

Address: 128 Dangar St., PO Box 93, Armidale, NSW 2350, Australia

Phone: +61 2 6772 4971

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.02.26 – ...):

Bishop Peter Mel Murphy (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Armidale (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Mel Murphy (64)
(2025.02.26 – ...)

Bishop of Armidale (Australia)

In omnibus caritas

Born:	1961.06.28 (Benalla, Victoria, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1992.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:	2025.05.08

Priest of Wagga Wagga (Australia) (1992.07.11 – 2025.02.26)

Bishop of Armidale (Australia) (2025.02.26 – ...)

Bishop Michael Robert Kennedy (57)
(2011.12.07 – 2023.02.02)

Bishop of Maitland–Newcastle (Australia)

Euntes docete

Born:	1968.05.13 (Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1999.08.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.02.09

Priest of Wagga Wagga (Australia) (1999.08.14 – 2011.12.07)

Bishop of Armidale (Australia) (2011.12.07 – 2023.02.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia) (2012.12.01 – 2014.04.12)

Bishop of Maitland–Newcastle (Australia) (2023.02.02 – ...)

Bishop Luc Julian Matthys
(1999.03.17 – 2011.12.07)

Deus incrementum dat

Born:	1935.05.03 (Drongen, Belgium)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.05.14
Died:	2021.01.26 (Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia † 85)

Bishop of Armidale (Australia) (1999.03.17 – 2011.12.07)

Bishop Kevin Michael Manning
(1991.04.26 – 1997.07.10)

Do everything for God

Born:	1933.11.02 (Coolah, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.07.10
Died:	2024.07.15 (Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia † 90)

Priest of Bathurst (Australia) (1961.12.20 – 1991.04.26)

Bishop of Armidale (Australia) (1991.04.26 – 1997.07.10)

Bishop of Parramatta (Australia) (1997.07.10 – 2010.01.08)

Apostolic Administrator of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia) (2010.12.30 – 2012.12.01)

Bishop Henry Joseph Kennedy
(1971.12.06 – 1991.04.26)

Born:	1915.02.18 (Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1938.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.11.23
Died:	2003.09.02 (Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia † 88)

Titular Bishop of Simingi (1967.09.14 – 1971.12.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane (Australia) (1967.09.14 – 1971.12.06)

Bishop of Armidale (Australia) (1971.12.06 – 1991.04.26)

Bishop James Darcy Freeman (later Cardinal)
(1968.10.18 – 1971.07.09)

Per ipsum ipsa duce

Born:	1907.11.09 (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1940.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.01.24
Created Cardinal:	1973.03.05
Died:	1991.03.16 (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia † 83)

Priest of Sydney (Australia) (1940.07.13 – 1956.12.09)

Titular Bishop of Hermopolis parva (1956.12.09 – 1968.10.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia) (1956.12.09 – 1968.10.18)

Bishop of Armidale (Australia) (1968.10.18 – 1971.07.09)

President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (1971 – 1983)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (1971.07.09 – 1983.02.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» in Ostia mare (1973.03.05 – 1991.03.16)

Bishop Edward John Doody
(1948.03.11 – 1968.04.09)

Born:	1903.12.15 (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1927.03.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.04.22
Died:	1968.04.09 († 64)

Bishop of Armidale (Australia) (1948.03.11 – 1968.04.09)

Bishop John Aloysius Coleman
(1932.07.15 – 1947.12.22)

Born:	1887.09.08 (Mount Melleray, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1912.03.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1929.09.08
Died:	1947.12.22 (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia † 60)

Titular Bishop of Verbe (1929.05.31 – 1932.07.15)

Coadjutor Bishop of Armidale (Australia) (1929.05.31 – 1932.07.15)

Bishop of Armidale (Australia) (1932.07.15 – 1947.12.22)

Bishop Patrick Joseph O’Connor
(1904.01.28 – 1932.07.15)