Archdiocese of Hobart, Australia

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Archdiocese

Name: Hobart / Hobarten(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1842.04.05: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Hobart / Hobarten(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of New Holland and Van Diemen’s Land)
1842.04.22: Promoted as Diocese of Hobart / Hobarten(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Sydney)
1888.08.03: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Hobart / Hobarten(sis) (Latin)
1914: Demoted as Archdiocese of Hobart / Hobarten(sis) (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)

Contact Info

Address: 35 Tower Road, New Town, TAS 7005; GPO Box 62, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia

Phone: +61 3 6208 6222

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1986.11)

Present Prelates

Archbishop (2013.07.19 – ...):

Archbishop Julian Charles Porteous (75)

Ordinaries

Archbishops of Hobart (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Julian Charles Porteous (75)
(2013.07.19 – ...)

Archbishop of Hobart (Australia)

Gratia et veritas

Born:	1949.06.05 (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1974.09.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.09.03

Priest of Sydney (Australia) (1974.09.07 – 2003.07.16)

Titular Bishop of Urusi (2003.07.16 – 2013.07.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia) (2003.07.16 – 2013.07.19)

Archbishop of Hobart (Australia) (2013.07.19 – ...)

Archbishop Adrian Leo Doyle (88)
(1999.07.26 – 2013.07.19)

Archbishop emeritus of Hobart (Australia)

Fidelity and love

Born:	1936.11.16 (Hobart, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.02.06

Priest of Hobart (Australia) (1961.12.20 – 1997.11.10)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart (Australia) (1997.11.10 – 1999.07.26)

Archbishop of Hobart (Australia) (1999.07.26 – 2013.07.19)

Archbishop Joseph Eric D’Arcy
(1988.10.24 – 1999.06.26)

Ecce agnus Dei

Born:	1924.04.25 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1949.07.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.07.01
Died:	2005.12.12 († 81)

Bishop of Sale (Australia) (1981.02.25 – 1988.10.24)

Archbishop of Hobart (Australia) (1988.10.24 – 1999.06.26)

Archbishop Guilford Clyde Young
(1955.09.20 – 1988.03.16)

Per ipsum et in ipso

Born:	1916.11.10 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1939.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.09.08
Died:	1988.03.16 († 71)

Titular Bishop of Heliosebaste (1948.07.15 – 1954.10.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia) (1948.07.15 – 1954.10.10)

Titular Archbishop of Cyrrhus (1954.10.10 – 1955.09.20)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart (Australia) (1954.10.10 – 1955.09.20)

Archbishop of Hobart (Australia) (1955.09.20 – 1988.03.16)

Archbishop Ernest Victor Tweedy
(1942.12.17 – 1955.09.20)

Diligamus nos invicem

Born:	1900.12.01 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1925.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1943.03.07
Died:	1965.09.27 († 64)

Archbishop of Hobart (Australia) (1942.12.17 – 1955.09.20)

Titular Archbishop of Assuras (1955.09.20 – 1965.09.27)

Archbishop Justin Daniel Simonds
(1937.02.18 – 1942.09.06)

Non nisi Domine te ipsum

Born:	1890.05.22 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1912.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1937.05.06
Died:	1967.11.03 († 77)

Archbishop of Hobart (Australia) (1937.02.18 – 1942.09.06)

Titular Archbishop of Antinoë (1942.09.06 – 1963.11.06)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1942.09.06 – 1963.11.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1963.11.06 – 1967.04.13)

Titular Archbishop of Libertina (1967.04.13 – 1967.11.03)

Archbishop William Hayden
(1930.02.11 – 1936.10.02)

In omnibus caritas

Born:	1867.03.15 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1891.10.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1918.09.08
Died:	1936.10.02 († 69)

Bishop of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia) (1918.03.13 – 1930.02.11)

Archbishop of Hobart (Australia) (1930.02.11 – 1936.10.02)

Archbishop William Barry
(1926.05.08 – 1929.06.13)

Born:	1872.01.01 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1898.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1919.08.31
Died:	1929.06.13 († 57)

Titular Archbishop of Pessinus (1919.04.07 – 1926.05.08)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart (Australia) (1919.04.07 – 1926.05.08)

Archbishop of Hobart (Australia) (1926.05.08 – 1929.06.13)

Archbishop Patrick Delany
(1907.12.29 – 1926.05.07)

Born:	1853.02.01 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1879.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1893.12.10
Died:	1926.05.07 († 73)

Titular Archbishop of Laranda (1893.06.15 – 1907.12.29)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart (Australia) (1893.06.15 – 1907.12.29)

Archbishop of Hobart (Australia) (1907.12.29 – 1926.05.07)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Hobart (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Daniel Murphy
(1888.08.03 – 1907.12.29)

Fortis et hospitalis

Born:	1815.06.15 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1838.06.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1846.10.11
Died:	1907.12.29 († 92)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Madras (India) (1845.12.16 – 1851.05.20)

Titular Bishop of Philadelphia in Arabia (1845.12.16 – 1866.03.08)

Vicar Apostolic of Hyderabad (India) (1851.05.20 – 1865.11.14)

Coadjutor Bishop of Hobart (Australia) (1865.11.14 – 1866.03.08)

Bishop of Hobart (Australia) (1866.03.08 – 1888.08.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hobart (Australia) (1888.08.03 – 1907.12.29)

Bishops of Hobart (Roman Rite)

Bishop Daniel Murphy (later Archbishop)
(1866.03.08 – 1888.08.03)

(see above)

Bishop Robert William Willson
(1842.04.22 – 1866.02.16)

Sacerdotes ejus induam salutari

Born:	1794.02.11 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1824.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1842.10.28
Died:	1866.06.30 († 72)

Bishop of Hobart (Australia) (1842.04.22 – 1866.02.16)

Titular Bishop of Rhodiopolis (1866.02.16 – 1866.06.30)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Adrian Leo Doyle (88) (1997.11.10 – 1999.07.26)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Guilford Clyde Young (1954.10.10 – 1955.09.20)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop William Barry (1919.04.07 – 1926.05.08)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Patrick Delany (1893.06.15 – 1907.12.29)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Daniel Murphy (later Archbishop) (1865.11.14 – 1866.03.08)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St Mary’s Cathedral, Hobart, Tasmania

Churches by City (81)

Melbourne (↖), Sale (↑)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 68,017 km²

Population: 95,290 Catholics (17.1% of 557,569 total)

Pastoral Centres: 27 parishes

Personnel: 48 priests (39 diocesan, 9 religious), 3 deacons, 49 religious (13 brothers, 36 sisters), 3 seminarians