List of Catholic dioceses in Australia explained

Currently there are 33 Catholic dioceses in Australia, consist of 5 metropolitan archdioceses, 21 suffragan dioceses, 2 non-metropolitan archdioceses, and 5 Eastern Rite dioceses. In addition there is a military ordinariate and a personal ordinariate.^[1]

List of dioceses

Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Ecclesiastical Province of Adelaide

• Archdiocese of Adelaide
  • Diocese of Darwin
  • Diocese of Port Pirie

Ecclesiastical Province of Brisbane

• Archdiocese of Brisbane
  • Diocese of Cairns
  • Diocese of Rockhampton
  • Diocese of Toowoomba
  • Diocese of Townsville

Ecclesiastical Province of Melbourne

• Archdiocese of Melbourne
  • Diocese of Ballarat
  • Diocese of Sale
  • Diocese of Sandhurst

Ecclesiastical Province of Perth

• Archdiocese of Perth
  • Diocese of Broome
  • Diocese of Bunbury
  • Diocese of Geraldton

Ecclesiastical Province of Sydney

• Archdiocese of Sydney
  • Diocese of Armidale
  • Diocese of Bathurst
  • Diocese of Broken Bay
  • Diocese of Lismore
  • Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle
  • Diocese of Parramatta
  • Diocese of Wagga Wagga
  • Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes
  • Diocese of Wollongong

Immediately subject to the Holy See

• Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn
• Archdiocese of Hobart

Eastern Rite Dioceses

• Chaldean: Eparchy of St Thomas
• Maronite: Eparchy of St Maron
• Melkite: Eparchy of St Michael Archangel
• Syro-Malabar: Eparchy of St Thomas the Apostle
• Ukrainian: Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul

Ordinariates

• Military Ordinariate of Australia
• Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross

References

1. Web site: Episcopal Conference of Australia (Catholic) 2021. 2022-02-20.

External links

• Dioceses - Catholic Church in Australia
• Catholic-Hierarchy
• GCatholic.org.