Diocese of

Wagga Wagga

Australia Australia

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Wagga Wagga / Corvopolitan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Sydney

Neighbouring Dioceses: Sandhurst (↙), Wilcannia–Forbes (↖), Canberra and Goulburn (→), Sale (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop (August 8)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Contact Info

Address: 205 Tarcutta St., PO Box 473, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650, Australia

Phone: +61 2 6921 5667

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.05.26 – ...):Bishop Mark Stuart Edwards, O.M.I. (67)Bishop Mark Stuart Edwards, O.M.I. (67)

Monsignors (4)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Wagga Wagga (Roman Rite)

Bishop Mark Stuart Edwards, O.M.I. (67)Bishop Mark Stuart Edwards, O.M.I. (67)
(2020.05.26 – ...)

Bishop of Wagga Wagga (Australia)

Learn who you are in the eyes of God

Born:1959.06.14 (Balikpapan, Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia)
Ordained Priest:1986.08.16
Consecrated Bishop:2014.12.17

Titular Bishop of Garba (2014.11.07 – 2020.05.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia) (2014.11.07 – 2020.05.26)

Bishop of Wagga Wagga (Australia) (2020.05.26 – ...)

Archbishop Christopher Charles Prowse (72)Archbishop Christopher Charles Prowse (72)
(Apostolic Administrator 2016.09.12 – 2020.05.26)

Bishop Gerard Joseph Hanna (84)Bishop Gerard Joseph Hanna (84)
(2002.02.05 – 2016.09.12)

Bishop emeritus of Wagga Wagga (Australia)

To proclaim love

Born:1941.12.22 (Armidale, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:1968.12.09
Consecrated Bishop:2002.05.15

Priest of Armidale (Australia) (1968.12.09 – 2002.02.05)

Bishop of Wagga Wagga (Australia) (2002.02.05 – 2016.09.12)

Bishop William John Brennan
(1984.01.16 – 2002.02.05)

Born:1938.02.16 (Arncliffe, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:1960.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1984.03.01
Died:2013.08.31 († 75)

Priest of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia) (1960.12.21 – 1984.01.16)

Bishop of Wagga Wagga (Australia) (1984.01.16 – 2002.02.05)

Bishop Francis Patrick Carroll (later Archbishop)
(1968.02.24 – 1983.06.25)

Nova et vetera

Born:1930.09.09 (Ganmain, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:1954.07.27
Consecrated Bishop:1967.09.05
Died:2024.03.14 (Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia † 93)

Priest of Wagga Wagga (Australia) (1954.07.27 – 1967.06.12)

Titular Bishop of Tasaccora (1967.06.12 – 1968.02.24)

Coadjutor Bishop of Wagga Wagga (Australia) (1967.06.12 – 1968.02.24)

Bishop of Wagga Wagga (Australia) (1968.02.24 – 1983.06.25)

Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia) (1983.06.25 – 2006.06.19)

President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (2000 – 2006.05.05)

Bishop Francis Augustin Henschke
(1939.11.16 – 1968.02.24)

Born:1892.01.02 (Hookina, South Australia, Australia)
Ordained Priest:1917.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:1937.08.15
Died:1968.02.24 († 76)

Priest of Port Augusta (Australia) (1917.06.02 – 1937.05.19)

Titular Bishop of Prænetus (1937.05.19 – 1939.11.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Adelaide (Australia) (1937.05.19 – 1939.11.16)

Bishop of Wagga Wagga (Australia) (1939.11.16 – 1968.02.24)

Bishop Joseph Wilfrid Dwyer
(1918.03.14 – 1939.10.11)

Born:1869.10.12 (Maitland, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:1894.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:1918.10.13
Died:1939.10.11 († 69)

Priest of Goulburn (Australia) (1894.05.28 – 1918.03.14)

Bishop of Wagga Wagga (Australia) (1918.03.14 – 1939.10.11)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (57)

Sandhurst (↙), Wilcannia–Forbes (↖), Canberra and Goulburn (→), Sale (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 62,160 km²

Population: 58,388 Catholics (26.5% of 219,967 total)

Pastoral Centres: 32 parishes

Personnel: 47 priests (42 diocesan, 5 religious), 1 deacon, 79 religious (14 brothers, 65 sisters), 10 seminarians

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