Diocese of

Parramatta

Australia

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Parramatta / Parramatten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Sydney

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1986.04.08: Established as Diocese of Parramatta / Parramatten(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sydney and became suffragan of Sydney)

Contact Info

Address: PO Box 3066, North Parramatta, NSW 1750, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9683 6277

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.05.05 – ...):

Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen (Nguyễn Văn Long), O.F.M. Conv. (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Parramatta (Roman Rite)

Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen (Nguyễn Văn Long), O.F.M. Conv. (62)
(2016.05.05 – ...)

Bishop of Parramatta (Australia)

Born:	1961.12.03 (Dong Nai, Vietnam)
Ordained Priest:	1989.12.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2011.06.23

Titular Bishop of Thala (2011.05.20 – 2016.05.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia) (2011.05.20 – 2016.05.05)

Bishop of Parramatta (Australia) (2016.05.05 – ...)

Bishop Anthony Colin Fisher, O.P. (64) (later Archbishop)
(2010.01.08 – 2014.09.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia)

Veritatem facientes in caritate

Born:	1960.03.10 (Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1991.09.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.09.03

Titular Bishop of Buruni (2003.07.16 – 2010.01.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia) (2003.07.16 – 2010.01.08)

Bishop of Parramatta (Australia) (2010.01.08 – 2014.09.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (2014.09.18 – ...)

Vice-President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (2018.05.04 – 2024.05.01)

Bishop Kevin Michael Manning
(1997.07.10 – 2010.01.08)

Do everything for God

Born:	1933.11.02 (Coolah, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.07.10
Died:	2024.07.15 (Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia † 90)

Priest of Bathurst (Australia) (1961.12.20 – 1991.04.26)

Bishop of Armidale (Australia) (1991.04.26 – 1997.07.10)

Bishop of Parramatta (Australia) (1997.07.10 – 2010.01.08)

Apostolic Administrator of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia) (2010.12.30 – 2012.12.01)

Bishop Bede Vincent Heather
(1986.04.08 – 1997.07.10)

Sacrosanctum concilium

Born:	1928.12.07 (Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1951.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.08.04
Died:	2021.02.25 (Croydon, Victoria, Australia † 92)

Titular Bishop of Obbi (1979.06.30 – 1986.04.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia) (1979.06.30 – 1986.04.08)

Bishop of Parramatta (Australia) (1986.04.08 – 1997.07.10)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta, New South Wales
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (63)

Bathurst (↖), Maitland–Newcastle (↑), Broken Bay (→), Sydney (→), Wollongong (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,289 km²

Population: 328,408 Catholics (27.1% of 1,211,100 total)

Pastoral Centres: 46 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 122 priests (61 diocesan, 61 religious), 22 deacons, 289 religious (98 brothers, 191 sisters), 14 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.10.13

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