Diocese of

Bathurst

Australia

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bathurst / Bathursten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Sydney

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1865.06.20: Established as Diocese of Bathurst / Bathursten(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sydney and became suffragan of Sydney)
1887.05.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Wilcannia
1917.07.28: Lost territory to Diocese of Wilcannia–Forbes

Contact Info

Address: 84 George Street, PO Box 246, Bathhurst, NSW 2795, Australia

Phone: +61 2 6331 3611

Present Prelates

Bishop (2009.04.15 – ...):

Bishop Michael Joseph McKenna (72)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bathurst (Roman Rite)

Bishop Michael Joseph McKenna (72)
(2009.04.15 – ...)

Bishop of Bathurst (Australia)

Legato con amore

Born:	1951.12.08 (Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1983.08.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.06.26

Priest of Sale (Australia) (1983.08.19 – 2009.04.15)

Bishop of Bathurst (Australia) (2009.04.15 – ...)

Bishop Patrick Dougherty
(1983.09.01 – 2008.11.11)

Juxta crucem discipulus

Born:	1931.11.21 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1954.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.12.08
Died:	2010.08.30 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Lete (1976.10.15 – 1983.09.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia) (1976.10.15 – 1983.09.01)

Bishop of Bathurst (Australia) (1983.09.01 – 2008.11.11)

Bishop Albert Reuben Edward Thomas
(1963.09.29 – 1983.04.12)

Born:	1908.10.26 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1931.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.10.20
Died:	1983.09.24 († 74)

Bishop of Bathurst (Australia) (1963.09.29 – 1983.04.12)

Bishop John Francis Norton
(1928.04.09 – 1963.06.16)

Born:	1891.01.30 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1915.06.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1926.04.18
Died:	1963.06.16 († 72)

Titular Bishop of Lunda (1926.03.08 – 1928.04.09)

Coadjutor Bishop of Bathurst (Australia) (1926.03.08 – 1928.04.09)

Bishop of Bathurst (Australia) (1928.04.09 – 1963.06.16)

Bishop Michael O’Farrell, O. de M.
(1920.06.16 – 1928.04.03)

Prodesse non nocere

Born:	1864.04.07
Ordained Priest:	1887
Consecrated Bishop:	1920.11.30
Died:	1928.04.03 († 63)

Bishop of Bathurst (Australia) (1920.06.16 – 1928.04.03)

Bishop John Mary Dunne
(1901.09.08 – 1919.08.22)

Born:	1843.01.02 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1870.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1901.11.10
Died:	1919.08.22 († 76)

Bishop of Bathurst (Australia) (1901.09.08 – 1919.08.22)

Bishop Joseph Patrick Byrne
(1885.05.05 – 1901.01.12)

Born:	1840.01.05 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1865
Consecrated Bishop:	1885.08.09
Died:	1901.01.12 († 61)

Bishop of Bathurst (Australia) (1885.05.05 – 1901.01.12)

Bishop Matthew Quinn
(1865.06.23 – 1885.01.16)

Born:	1821.05.29 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1845.02.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1865.11.14
Died:	1885.01.16 († 63)

Bishop of Bathurst (Australia) (1865.06.23 – 1885.01.16)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop John Francis Norton (1926.03.08 – 1928.04.09)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St Michael and St John’s Cathedral, Bathurst, New South Wales
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (60)

Canberra and Goulburn (↙), Wilcannia–Forbes (←), Armidale (↗), Maitland–Newcastle (→), Parramatta (↘), Wollongong (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 103,560 km²

Population: 62,141 Catholics (25.3% of 245,232 total)

Pastoral Centres: 17 parishes

Personnel: 30 priests (24 diocesan, 6 religious), 4 deacons, 60 religious (6 brothers, 54 sisters), 5 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.09.03

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