Diocese of Sale, Australia

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Sale / Salien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Melbourne

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1887.05.10: Established as Diocese of Sale / Salien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Melbourne and became suffragan of Melbourne)
1959: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Melbourne

Contact Info

Address: Sion House, 6 Witton Street, P.O. Box 1410, Warragul, Vic. 3820, Australia

Phone: +61 (03) 5622.6600

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.06.27 – ...):

Bishop Gregory Charles Bennet (61)

Vice-President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sale (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gregory Charles Bennet (61)
(2020.06.27 – ...)

Bishop of Sale (Australia)
Vice-President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Life for me is Christ

Born:	1963.04.07 (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1992.08.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.12.08

Priest of Melbourne (Australia) (1992.08.22 – 2020.06.27)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2012.05.09 – 2020.06.27)

Bishop of Sale (Australia) (2020.06.27 – ...)

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

Bishop Patrick Michael O’Regan (65) (later Archbishop)
(2014.12.04 – 2020.03.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Adelaide (Australia)

Ut sit Deus omnia in omnibus

Born:	1958.10.08 (Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1983.09.02
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.02.26

Priest of Bathurst (Australia) (1983.09.02 – 2014.12.04)

Bishop of Sale (Australia) (2014.12.04 – 2020.03.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Adelaide (Australia) (2020.03.19 – ...)

Bishop Christopher Charles Prowse (70) (later Archbishop)
(2009.06.18 – 2013.09.12)

Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia)
Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Australia (Australia)

Only Jesus

Born:	1953.11.14 (East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1980.08.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.05.19

Priest of Melbourne (Australia) (1980.08.16 – 2003.04.04)

Titular Bishop of Bahanna (2003.04.04 – 2009.06.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia) (2003.04.04 – 2009.06.18)

Bishop of Sale (Australia) (2009.06.18 – 2013.09.12)

Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia) (2013.09.12 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Wagga Wagga (Australia) (2016.09.12 – 2020.05.26)

Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Australia (Australia) (2021.05.24 – ...)

Bishop Jeremiah Joseph Coffey
(1989.04.08 – 2008.01.02)

In joyful hope

Born:	1933.01.01 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1958.06.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.06.30
Died:	2014.11.19 († 81)

Bishop of Sale (Australia) (1989.04.08 – 2008.01.02)

Bishop Joseph Eric D’Arcy (later Archbishop)
(1981.02.25 – 1988.10.24)

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)

Bishop Arthur Francis Fox
(1967.11.29 – 1981.02.25)

In Deo spero

Born:	1904.08.27 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1930.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.01.20
Died:	1997.02.16 († 92)

Titular Bishop of Rhinocorura (1956.10.11 – 1967.11.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1956.10.11 – 1967.11.29)

Bishop of Sale (Australia) (1967.11.29 – 1981.02.25)

Bishop Patrick Francis Lyons
(1957.06.16 – 1967.08.13)

Christus vincit

Born:	1903.01.06 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1927.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1944.07.02
Died:	1967.08.13 († 64)

Bishop of Christchurch (New Zealand) (1944.03.16 – 1950.04.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia) (1950.04.05 – 1956.10.11)

Titular Bishop of Cabasa (1950.04.05 – 1957.06.16)

Coadjutor Bishop of Sale (Australia) (1956.10.11 – 1957.06.16)

Bishop of Sale (Australia) (1957.06.16 – 1967.08.13)

Bishop Richard Ryan, C.M.
(1926.03.10 – 1957.06.16)

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 Patrick Phelan
(1912.11.02 – 1925.01.05)

Turris fortis mihi Deus

Born:	1856.01.02 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1888.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1913.03.02
Died:	1925.01.05 († 69)

Bishop of Sale (Australia) (1912.11.02 – 1925.01.05)

Bishop James Francis Corbett
(1887.05.13 – 1912.05.29)

Monstra te esse matrem

Born:	1834.07.12 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1858.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1887.08.25
Died:	1912.05.29 († 77)

Bishop of Sale (Australia) (1887.05.13 – 1912.05.29)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Patrick Francis Lyons (1956.10.11 – 1957.06.16)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St Mary’s Cathedral, Sale, Victoria

Churches by City (64)

Melbourne (←), Sandhurst (↑), Wagga Wagga (↑), Canberra and Goulburn (↗), Hobart (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 44,441 km²

Population: 134,615 Catholics (19.8% of 680,681 total)

Pastoral Centres: 26 parishes

Personnel: 38 priests (29 diocesan, 9 religious), 6 deacons, 14 religious (9 brothers, 5 sisters)