Metropolitan Archdiocese of Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Melbourne / Melburnen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Ballarat, Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne, Sale, Sandhurst

Neighbouring Dioceses: Ballarat (←), Sandhurst (↑), Sale (→), Hobart (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 27 (1897)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1847.06.25: Established as Diocese of Melbourne / Melburnen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sydney and became suffragan of Sydney)
1874.03.30: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Melbourne / Melburnen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Adelaide, Ballarat, Perth and Sandhurst and lost territory to establish Diocese of Ballarat and Diocese of Sandhurst)
1887.05.10: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Sale, lost suffragan see Adelaide and gained suffragan sees Sale and Kimberley in Western Australia
1910.05.04: Gained suffragan see Drisdale River
1913.08.28: Lost suffragan sees Perth, Kimberley in Western Australia and Drisdale River
1959: Lost territory to Diocese of Sale
1982.06.24: Gained suffragan see Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne

Contact Info

Address: 383 Albert Street, PO Box 146, East Melbourne, VIC 8002, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9926 5677

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1986.11)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2018.06.29 – ...):	Archbishop Peter Andrew Comensoli (62)
Auxiliary Bishop (2021.05.14 – ...):	Bishop Martin Ashe (72) Titular Bishop of Muteci
Auxiliary Bishop (2024.11.08 – ...):	Bishop Joachim Thinh Xuan Nguyen (Nguyễn Xuân Thinh) (53) Titular Bishop of Madaurus

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Melbourne (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Peter Andrew Comensoli (62)
(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 – ...)

Archbishop Denis James Hart (84)
(2001.06.22 – 2018.06.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Melbourne (Australia)

Constant in faith

Born:	1941.05.16 (East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1967.07.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.12.09

Priest of Melbourne (Australia) (1967.07.22 – 1997.11.10)

Titular Bishop of Vagada (1997.11.10 – 2001.06.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1997.11.10 – 2001.06.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia) (2001.06.22 – 2018.06.29)

President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (2012.05.04 – 2018.05.04)

Archbishop George Pell (later Cardinal)
(1996.07.16 – 2001.03.26)

Be not afraid

Born:	1941.06.08 (Ballarat, Victoria, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1966.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.05.21
Created Cardinal:	2003.10.21
Died:	2023.01.10 (Roma, Italy † 81)

Priest of Ballarat (Australia) (1966.12.16 – 1987.03.30)

Titular Bishop of Scala (1987.03.30 – 1996.07.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1987.03.30 – 1996.07.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1996.07.16 – 2001.03.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (2001.03.26 – 2014.02.24)

President of “Vox Clara” Committee (2002.04 – 2017)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Domenica Mazzarello (2003.10.21 [2004.03.20] – 2023.01.10)

Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See (2007.02.03 – 2014.02.24)

Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia (2013.04.13 – 2018.10)

Prefect of Secretariat for the Economy (2014.02.24 – 2019.02.24)

Archbishop Thomas Francis Little
(1974.07.01 – 1996.07.16)

Kyrie eleison

Born:	1925.11.30 (Werribee, Victoria, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1950.10.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.02.21
Died:	2008.04.08 (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia † 82)

Titular Bishop of Temuniana (1972.11.16 – 1974.07.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1972.11.16 – 1974.07.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1974.07.01 – 1996.07.16)

Cardinal James Robert Knox
(1967.04.13 – 1974.07.01)

Sicut dilexi vos

Born:	1914.03.02 (Bayswater, Victoria, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1941.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1953.11.08
Created Cardinal:	1973.03.05
Died:	1983.06.26 (Roma, Italy † 69)

Priest of Perth (Australia) (1941.12.22 – 1953.07.20)

Privy Chamberlain Supernumerary (1950.07.22 – 1953.07.20)

Apostolic Delegate to British East and West Africa (1953.07.20 – 1957.02.14)

Titular Archbishop of Melitene (1953.07.20 – 1967.04.13)

Apostolic Internuncio to India (1957.02.14 – 1967.04.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1967.04.13 – 1974.07.01)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Vallicella (1973.03.05 – 1983.06.26)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Sacramental Discipline (1974.07.01 – 1975.08.01)

Prefect of Sacred Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship (1975.08.01 – 1981.08.04)

President of Pontifical Council for the Family (1981.08.04 – 1983.06.26)

Archbishop Justin Daniel Simonds
(1963.11.06 – 1967.04.13)

Non nisi Domine te ipsum

Born:	1890.05.22 (Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1912.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1937.05.06
Died:	1967.11.03 (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia † 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 Daniel Mannix
(1917.05.06 – 1963.11.06)

Omnia omnibus

Born:	1864.03.04 (Charleville, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1890.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1912.10.06
Died:	1963.11.06 (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia † 99)

Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus (1912.07.01 – 1917.05.06)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1912.07.01 – 1917.05.06)

Military Vicar of Australia (Australia) (1917 – 1963.11.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1917.05.06 – 1963.11.06)

Archbishop Thomas Joseph Carr
(1886.09.29 – 1917.05.06)

Splendent in nocte

Born:	1839.05.10 (Lakeview, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1866.05.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1883.08.26
Died:	1917.05.06 (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia † 77)

Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh (Ireland) (1883.06.12 – 1886.09.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1886.09.29 – 1917.05.06)

Military Vicar of Australia (Australia) (1912 – 1917)

Archbishop James Alypius Goold, O.E.S.A.
(1874.03.31 – 1886.06.11)

Deus mihi providebit

Born:	1812.11.04 (Cork, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1835.07.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1848.08.06
Died:	1886.06.11 (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia † 73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1847.07.09 – 1874.03.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1874.03.31 – 1886.06.11)

Archbishop James Alypius Goold, O.E.S.A.
(1847.07.09 – 1874.03.31)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Justin Daniel Simonds (1942.09.06 – 1963.11.06)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Daniel Mannix (1912.07.01 – 1917.05.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Rene Ramirez, R.C.J. (57) (2024.11.08 – 2026.04.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Anthony John Ireland (68) (later Archbishop) (2021.05.14 – 2025.06.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Terence Robert Curtin (80) (2014.11.07 – 2025.01.31)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Mark Stuart Edwards, O.M.I. (66) (2014.11.07 – 2020.05.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen (Nguyễn Văn Long), O.F.M. Conv. (64) (2011.05.20 – 2016.05.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Leslie Rogers Tomlinson (82) (2009.05.05 – 2012.02.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Peter John Elliott (2007.04.30 – 2018.11.03)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B. (72) (later Archbishop) (2007.04.30 – 2012.02.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Christopher Charles Prowse (72) (later Archbishop) (2003.04.04 – 2009.06.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Mark Benedict Coleridge (77) (later Archbishop) (2002.05.03 – 2006.06.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Angelo Grech (1998.11.27 – 2001.03.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Denis James Hart (84) (later Archbishop) (1997.11.10 – 2001.06.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Hilton Forrest Deakin (1992.12.30 – 2007.11.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Peter Joseph Connors (89) (1987.03.30 – 1997.05.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop George Pell (later Cardinal) (1987.03.30 – 1996.07.16)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Peter O’Connell (1976.01.24 – 2006.12.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Eric Gerard Perkins (1972.11.16 – 1991.08.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Anthony Kelly (1972.11.16 – 1986.08.19)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Thomas Francis Little (later Archbishop) (1972.11.16 – 1974.07.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Neil Cullinane (1967 – 1974.08.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Lawrence Patrick Moran (1964.11.09 – 1970.03.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Arthur Francis Fox (1956.10.11 – 1967.11.29)