Diocese of Broken Bay, Australia

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Broken Bay / Sinus Tortuosi (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Sydney

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1986.04.08: Established as Diocese of Broken Bay / Sinus Tortuosi (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sydney and became suffragan of Sydney)

Contact Info

Address: 423 Pennant Hills Road, PO Box 340, Pennant Hills, NSW 1715, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9847 0000

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.10.07 – ...):

Bishop Anthony Randazzo (58)

President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania

Apostolic Administrator of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Broken Bay (Roman Rite)

Bishop Anthony Randazzo (58)
(2019.10.07 – ...)

Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia)
President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania
Apostolic Administrator of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia)

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:	1966.10.07 (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1991.11.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.08.24

Priest of Brisbane (Australia) (1991.11.29 – 2016.06.24)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2007 – 2016.06.24)

Titular Bishop of Quiza (2016.06.24 – 2019.10.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia) (2016.06.24 – 2019.10.07)

Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia) (2019.10.07 – ...)

President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania (2023.02.10 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia) (2023.07.01 – ...)

Bishop Peter Andrew Comensoli (60) (later Archbishop)
(2014.11.20 – 2018.06.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Prædicamus Christum crucifixum

Born:	1964.03.25 (Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1992.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.06.08

Priest of Wollongong (Australia) (1992.05.22 – 2011.04.20)

Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Numidia (2011.04.20 – 2014.11.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia) (2011.04.20 – 2014.11.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Sydney (Australia) (2014.02.26 – 2014.09.18)

Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia) (2014.11.20 – 2018.06.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia) (2018.06.29 – ...)

Bishop David Louis Walker (86)
(1996.07.09 – 2013.11.13)

Bishop emeritus of Broken Bay (Australia)

Semper fidelis

Born:	1938.11.13 (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1962.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.09.03

Priest of Sydney (Australia) (1962.07.21 – 1996.07.09)

Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia) (1996.07.09 – 2013.11.13)

Bishop Patrick Laurence Murphy
(1986.04.08 – 1996.07.09)

Born:	1920.10.28 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1944.07.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.01.22
Died:	2007.03.18 († 86)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Numidia (1976.12.20 – 1986.04.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia) (1976.12.20 – 1986.04.08)

Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia) (1986.04.08 – 1996.07.09)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, Waitara, New South Wales
Former Cathedral: Corpus Christi Parish, St Ives, New South Wales
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy
Shrines in the Ordinary Jubilee 2025

Churches by City (48)

Parramatta (←), Maitland–Newcastle (↗), Sydney (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 2,763 km²

Population: 253,825 Catholics (24.4% of 1,041,390 total)

Pastoral Centres: 26 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 97 priests (35 diocesan, 62 religious), 6 deacons, 90 religious (71 brothers, 19 sisters), 7 seminarians

Diocese of

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Australia