Diocese of Wollongong, Australia 🇦🇺

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Wollongong / Vollongongen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Sydney

Neighbouring Dioceses: Canberra and Goulburn (↙), Bathurst (↖), Parramatta (↑), Sydney (↗)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1951.11.15: Established as Diocese of Wollongong / Vollongongen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sydney and Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn and became suffragan of Sydney)

Contact Info

Address: 86-88 Market Street, PO Box 1239, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia

Phone: +61 2 4253 0900

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.11.30 – ...):

Bishop Brian Mascord (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Wollongong (Roman Rite)

Bishop Brian Mascord (67)
(2017.11.30 – ...)

Bishop of Wollongong (Australia)

For all things give thanks

Born:	1959.01.30 (Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1992.10.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.02.22

Priest of Maitland–Newcastle (Australia) (1992.10.31 – 2017.11.30)

Bishop of Wollongong (Australia) (2017.11.30 – ...)

Bishop Peter William Ingham
(2001.06.06 – 2017.11.30)

Per ipsum ipsa duce

Born:	1941.01.19 (Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1964.07.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.07.12
Died:	2024.04.26 (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia † 83)

Priest of Sydney (Australia) (1964.07.18 – 1993.05.24)

Titular Bishop of Pudentiana (1993.05.24 – 2001.06.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia) (1993.05.24 – 2001.06.06)

Bishop of Wollongong (Australia) (2001.06.06 – 2017.11.30)

President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania (2006 – 2011.04)

Apostolic Visitor of Broome (Australia) (2020.03.10 – 2020.12.31)

Bishop Philip Edward Wilson (later Archbishop)
(1996.04.12 – 2000.11.30)

Non nobis Domine

Born:	1950.10.02 (Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1975.08.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.07.10
Died:	2021.01.17 (Adelaide, South Australia, Australia † 70)

Bishop of Wollongong (Australia) (1996.04.12 – 2000.11.30)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Adelaide (Australia) (2000.11.30 – 2001.12.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Adelaide (Australia) (2001.12.03 – 2018.07.30)

President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (2006.05.05 – 2012.05.04)

Vice-President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (2012.05.04 – 2016.05.04)

Bishop William Edward Murray
(1975.06.05 – 1996.04.12)

Born:	1920.02.16 (Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1945.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.07.21
Died:	2013.04.21 († 93)

Bishop of Wollongong (Australia) (1975.06.05 – 1996.04.12)

Bishop Thomas Absolem McCabe
(1951.11.15 – 1974.05.10)

Born:	1902.06.30 (South West Rocks, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1925.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1939.03.12
Died:	1983.09.14 (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia † 81)

Bishop of Port Augusta (Australia) (1938.12.13 – 1951.06.07)

Bishop of Port Pirie (Australia) (1951.06.07 – 1951.11.15)

Bishop of Wollongong (Australia) (1951.11.15 – 1974.05.10)

Military Vicar of Australia (Australia) (1964 – 1969)