Diocese of

Broken Bay

Australia

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Broken Bay / Sinus Tortuosi (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Sydney

Neighbouring Dioceses: Parramatta (←), Maitland–Newcastle (↗), Sydney (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

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:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Broken Bay (Roman Rite)

Bishop Anthony Randazzo (59) (later Archbishop)
(2019.10.07 – 2026.03.25)

Prefect of Dicastery for Legislative Texts
Archbishop ad personam
Bishop emeritus of Broken Bay (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 (2008.03.15 – 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 – 2026.03.25)

President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania (2023.02.10 – 2026.03.25)

Apostolic Administrator of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia) (2023.07.01 – 2026.03.25)

Prefect of Dicastery for Legislative Texts (2026.03.25 – ...)

Archbishop ad personam (2026.03.25 – ...)

Bishop Peter Andrew Comensoli (62) (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 (87)
(1996.07.09 – 2013.11.13)

Bishop emeritus of Broken Bay (Australia)

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 (Eastwood, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1944.07.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.01.22
Died:	2007.03.18 (North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia † 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
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 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

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

© 2026 GCatholic.org