Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Brisbane

Australia Australia

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Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Brisbane / Brisbanen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Cairns, Rockhampton, Toowoomba, Townsville

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 4 (1989)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Contact Info

Address: 43 Edward Street, GPO Box 282, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia

Phone: +61 7 3336 9333

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2012.04.02 – ...):Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge (76)Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge (76)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Brisbane (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge (76)Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge (76)
(2012.04.02 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia)

Sanguis et aqua

Born:1948.09.25 (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Ordained Priest:1974.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:2002.06.19

Priest of Melbourne (Australia) (1974.05.18 – 2002.05.03)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2001.12.07 – 2002.05.03)

Titular Bishop of Theveste (2002.05.03 – 2006.06.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia) (2002.05.03 – 2006.06.19)

Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia) (2006.06.19 – 2012.04.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia) (2012.04.02 – ...)

Vice-President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (2016.05.06 – 2018.05.04)

President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (2018.05.04 [2018.05.10] – 2022.05.06)

Bishop Geoffrey Hilton Jarrett (86)Bishop Geoffrey Hilton Jarrett (86)
(Apostolic Administrator 2011.11.14 – 2012.04.02)

Archbishop John Alexius Bathersby
(1991.12.03 – 2011.11.14)

Lex crucis

Born:1936.07.26 (Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia)
Ordained Priest:1961.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:1986.03.20
Died:2020.03.09 (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia † 83)

Bishop of Cairns (Australia) (1986.01.17 – 1991.12.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia) (1991.12.03 – 2011.11.14)

Vice-President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (2000 – 2006.05.05)

Archbishop Francis Roberts Rush
(1973.03.05 – 1991.12.03)

Mihi vivere Christus

Born:1916.09.11 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:1939.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:1961.02.08
Died:2001.07.21 († 84)

Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia) (1960.11.07 – 1973.03.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia) (1973.03.05 – 1991.12.03)

President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (1983 – 1986)

Archbishop Patrick Mary O’Donnell
(1965.04.10 – 1973.03.05)

Born:1897.02.02 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1922.04.15
Consecrated Bishop:1949.03.17
Died:1980.11.02 († 83)

Titular Archbishop of Pelusium (1948.11.08 – 1965.04.10)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia) (1948.11.08 – 1965.04.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia) (1965.04.10 – 1973.03.05)

Archbishop James Duhig
(1917.01.13 – 1965.04.10)

Born:1871.09.02 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1896.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:1905.12.10
Died:1965.04.10 († 93)

Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia) (1905.09.16 – 1912.02.27)

Titular Archbishop of Amida (1912.02.27 – 1917.01.13)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia) (1912.02.27 – 1917.01.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia) (1917.01.13 – 1965.04.10)

Archbishop Robert Dunne
(1887.05.10 – 1917.01.13)

Born:1830.09.05 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1854.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:1882.06.18
Died:1917.01.13 († 86)

Bishop of Brisbane (Australia) (1882.01.03 – 1887.05.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia) (1887.05.10 – 1917.01.13)

Bishops of Brisbane (Roman Rite)

Bishop Robert Dunne (later Archbishop)
(1882.01.03 – 1887.05.10)

(see above)

Bishop James Quinn
(1859.04.14 – 1881.08.18)

Born:1819.04.15 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1847.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:1859.06.29
Died:1881.08.18 († 62)

Bishop of Brisbane (Australia) (1859.04.14 – 1881.08.18)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (211)

Toowoomba (←), Rockhampton (↑), Nouméa (→), Lismore (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 63,526 km²

Population: 814,000 Catholics (23.1% of 3,526,280 total)

Pastoral Centres: 94 parishes

Personnel: 228 priests (144 diocesan, 84 religious), 20 deacons, 542 religious (155 brothers, 387 sisters), 14 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Deacons

Religious

Seminarians

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