Diocese of Darwin, Australia

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Darwin / Darvinen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Adelaide

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1845.05.06: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Essington (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sydney and became suffragan of Sydney)
1847.05.27: Promoted as Diocese of Victoria / Victorien(sis) (Latin)
1885: Gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Queensland
1887.05.10: Became suffragan of Adelaide
1888.08.10: Renamed as Diocese of Victoria–Palmerston / Victorien(sis)–Palmerstonien(sis) (Latin)
1938.03.29: Renamed as Diocese of Darwin / Darvinen(sis) (Latin) (gained territory from Apostolic Vicariate of Papua)
1967.02.14: Lost territory to Diocese of Cairns

Contact Info

Address: 90 Smith Street, GPO Box 476, NT 801, Australia

Phone: +61 8 8942 6000

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1986.11)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2018.06.27 – ...):

Bishop Charles Victor Emmanuel Gauci (72)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Darwin (Roman Rite)

Bishop Charles Victor Emmanuel Gauci (72)
(2018.06.27 – ...)

Bishop of Darwin (Australia)

Verbum Dei caro factum est

Born:	1952.03.31 (Floriana, Malta)
Ordained Priest:	1977.12.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.09.26

Priest of Adelaide (Australia) (1977.12.10 – 2018.06.27)

Bishop of Darwin (Australia) (2018.06.27 – ...)

Bishop Daniel Eugene Hurley (84)
(2007.07.03 – 2018.06.27)

Bishop emeritus of Darwin (Australia)

That they may be one

Born:	1940.04.21 (Orroroo, South Australia, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1964.06.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.02.12

Priest of Port Pirie (Australia) (1964.06.27 – 1998.11.27)

Bishop of Port Pirie (Australia) (1998.11.27 – 2007.07.03)

Bishop of Darwin (Australia) (2007.07.03 – 2018.06.27)

Bishop Edmund John Patrick Collins, M.S.C.
(1986.04.28 – 2007.07.03)

Cor unum

Born:	1931.03.22 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1963.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.07.03
Died:	2014.08.08 († 83)

Bishop of Darwin (Australia) (1986.04.28 – 2007.07.03)

Bishop John Patrick O’Loughlin, M.S.C.
(1949.01.13 – 1985.11.14)

Born:	1911.07.25 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1935.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.04.20
Died:	1985.11.14 († 74)

Bishop of Darwin (Australia) (1949.01.13 – 1985.11.14)

Bishop Francis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C.
(1938.03.29 – 1948.11.10)

Born:	1872.10.30 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1896.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1938.06.05
Died:	1960.07.12 († 87)

Apostolic Administrator of Victoria–Palmerston (Australia) (1906.04.23 – 1938.03.29)

Bishop of Darwin (Australia) (1938.03.29 – 1948.11.10)

Titular Bishop of Paros (1948.11.10 – 1960.07.12)

Bishops of Victoria (Roman Rite)

Fr. Francis-Xavier Gsell, M.S.C. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1906.04.23 – 1938.03.29)

Bishop Rosendo Salvado, O.S.B. Subl.
(1849.08.09 – 1888.08.01)

Born:	1814.03.01 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1839.02.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1849.08.15
Died:	1900.12.29 († 86)

Bishop of Victoria (Australia) (1849.08.09 – 1888.08.01)

Abbot nullius of New Norcia (Australia) (1867.03.12 – 1900.12.29)

Titular Bishop of Adriani (1889.03.29 – 1900.12.29)

Bishop Joseph Serra y Juliá, O.S.B.
(1847.07.09 – 1849.08.07)

Born:	1811.03.11 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1835.01.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1848.08.15
Died:	1886.09.08 († 75)

Bishop of Victoria (Australia) (1847.07.09 – 1849.08.07)

Coadjutor Bishop of Perth (Australia) (1849.08.07 – 1862.01.07)

Titular Bishop of Daulis (1849.08.07 – 1886.09.08)

Apostolic Administrator of Perth (Australia) (1851.10.03 – 1862.01.07)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St Mary’s Star of the Sea Cathedral, Darwin, Northern Territory

Churches by City (13)

Geraldton (↙), Broome (↙), Baucau (↖), Merauke (↗), Cairns (→), Townsville (↘), Rockhampton (↘), Port Pirie (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,346,200 km²

Population: 50,350 Catholics (21.6% of 233,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 16 parishes

Personnel: 27 priests (5 diocesan, 22 religious), 1 deacon, 72 religious (32 brothers, 40 sisters), 1 seminarian