Diocese of Geraldton, Australia

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Geraldton / Geraldtonen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Perth

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1898.01.30: Established as Diocese of Geraldton / Geraldtonen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Perth and became suffragan of Sydney)
1913.08.28: Became suffragan of Perth

Contact Info

Address: 7 Maitland Street, PO Box 46, Geraldton, WA 6531, Australia

Phone: +61 8 9921 3221

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.05.15 – ...):

Bishop Michael Henry Morrissey (72)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Geraldton (Roman Rite)

Bishop Michael Henry Morrissey (72)
(2017.05.15 – ...)

Bishop of Geraldton (Australia)

Trust in the Lord

Born:	1952.09.09 (Yalgoo, Western Australia, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1981.01.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.06.28

Priest of Geraldton (Australia) (1981.01.31 – 2017.05.15)

Bishop of Geraldton (Australia) (2017.05.15 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Broome (Australia) (2021.08.28 – 2024.10.14)

Bishop Justin Joseph Bianchini (83)
(1992.03.25 – 2017.05.15)

Bishop emeritus of Geraldton (Australia)

In omnibus caritas

Born:	1941.01.28 (Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1964.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1992.05.19

Priest of Perth (Australia) (1964.06.29 – 1992.03.25)

Bishop of Geraldton (Australia) (1992.03.25 – 2017.05.15)

Bishop Barry James Hickey (88) (later Archbishop)
(1984.03.22 – 1991.07.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Perth (Australia)

Umbram fugat veritas

Born:	1936.04.16 (Leonora, Western Australia, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1958.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.05.01

Priest of Perth (Australia) (1958.12.20 – 1984.03.22)

Bishop of Geraldton (Australia) (1984.03.22 – 1991.07.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Perth (Australia) (1991.07.23 – 2012.02.20)

Vice-President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (2006.05.05 – 2012.05.04)

Bishop William Joseph Foley (later Archbishop)
(1981.07.13 – 1983.10.26)

Born:	1931.06.20 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1954.09.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.09.09
Died:	1991.02.10 († 59)

Bishop of Geraldton (Australia) (1981.07.13 – 1983.10.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Perth (Australia) (1983.10.26 – 1991.02.10)

Bishop Francis Xavier Thomas
(1962.06.18 – 1981.07.13)

Born:	1906.03.28 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1930.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.07.31
Died:	1985.08.04 († 79)

Bishop of Geraldton (Australia) (1962.06.18 – 1981.07.13)

Bishop Alfred Joseph Gummer
(1942.02.24 – 1962.04.05)

Born:	1899.03.18 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1923.03.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1942.03.19
Died:	1962.04.05 († 63)

Bishop of Geraldton (Australia) (1942.02.24 – 1962.04.05)

Bishop James Patrick O’Collins
(1930.02.11 – 1941.12.23)

Born:	1892.03.31 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1922.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1930.05.11
Died:	1983.11.25 († 91)

Bishop of Geraldton (Australia) (1930.02.11 – 1941.12.23)

Bishop of Ballarat (Australia) (1941.12.23 – 1971.05.01)

Bishop Richard Ryan, C.M.
(1923.01.30 – 1926.03.10)

Evangelizare pauperibus misit me

Born:	1881.07.25 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1907.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1923.07.29
Died:	1957.06.16 († 75)

Bishop of Geraldton (Australia) (1923.01.30 – 1926.03.10)

Bishop of Sale (Australia) (1926.03.10 – 1957.06.16)

Bishop William Bernard Kelly
(1898.03.21 – 1921.12.26)

Born:	1854.06.30 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1883.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1898.08.14
Died:	1921.12.26 († 67)

Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia (Australia) (1894 – 1909)

Bishop of Geraldton (Australia) (1898.03.21 – 1921.12.26)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St Francis Xavier Cathedral, Geraldton, Western Australia
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)

Churches by City (37)

Broome (↗), Darwin (↗), Port Pirie (→), Perth (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,138,310 km²

Population: 28,040 Catholics (21.9% of 128,180 total)

Pastoral Centres: 16 parishes, 20 missions

Personnel: 16 priests (14 diocesan, 2 religious), 12 religious (2 brothers, 10 sisters)