Diocese of Bunbury, Australia

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bunbury / Bumburien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Perth

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1954.11.12: Established as Diocese of Bunbury / Bumburien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perth and became suffragan of Perth)

Contact Info

Address: 3 Brend-tor Street, PO Box 2005, Bunbury, WA 6231, Australia

Phone: +61 8 9721 0500

Present Prelates

Bishop (2025.01.06 – ...):

Bishop-elect George Kolodziej, S.D.S. (56)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bunbury (Roman Rite)

Bishop-elect George Kolodziej, S.D.S. (56)
(2025.01.06 – ...)

Bishop of Bunbury (Australia)

Born:	1968.05.17 (Dobra, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1994.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2025.03.19

Bishop of Bunbury (Australia) (2025.01.06 – ...)

Archbishop Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B. (70)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.06.30 – 2025.01.06)

Bishop Gerard Joseph Holohan (77)
(2001.06.11 – 2023.06.30)

Bishop emeritus of Bunbury (Australia)

To love, to serve like Christ

Born:	1947.09.05 (Perth, Western Australia, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1971.09.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.09.05

Priest of Perth (Australia) (1971.09.04 – 2001.06.11)

Bishop of Bunbury (Australia) (2001.06.11 – 2023.06.30)

Bishop Peter Quinn
(1982.05.26 – 2000.12.20)

Born:	1928.02.17 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1950.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.08.27
Died:	2008.08.23 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Falerone (1969.06.26 – 1982.05.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Perth (Australia) (1969.06.26 – 1982.05.26)

Bishop of Bunbury (Australia) (1982.05.26 – 2000.12.20)

Bishop Myles McKeon
(1969.03.06 – 1982.02.18)

Born:	1919.04.03 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1947.06.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.09.12
Died:	2016.05.02 († 97)

Titular Bishop of Antipyrgos (1962.05.23 – 1969.03.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Perth (Australia) (1962.05.23 – 1969.03.06)

Bishop of Bunbury (Australia) (1969.03.06 – 1982.02.18)

Bishop Lancelot John Goody (later Archbishop)
(1954.11.12 – 1968.10.18)

Born:	1908.06.05 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1930.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.11.01
Died:	1992.05.13 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Abydus (1951.08.02 – 1954.11.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Perth (Australia) (1951.08.02 – 1954.11.12)

Bishop of Bunbury (Australia) (1954.11.12 – 1968.10.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Perth (Australia) (1968.10.18 – 1983.10.26)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St Patrick’s Cathedral, Bunbury, Western Australia
Former Cathedral (now not in use): St Mary’s Church, South Bunbury, Western Australia

Churches by City (50)

Perth (↑)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 184,000 km²

Population: 68,115 Catholics (18.2% of 374,207 total)

Pastoral Centres: 27 parishes

Personnel: 32 priests (17 diocesan, 15 religious), 8 deacons, 29 religious (15 brothers, 14 sisters), 1 seminarian