Archdiocese of Adelaide
Adelaiden(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Adelaide, Australia
The Archdiocese of Adelaide is a Latin Rite metropolitan see covering South Australia, erected as a diocese in 1842 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1887. It is the metropolitan for the suffragan dioceses of Darwin and Port Pirie.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1842
- Latin
- Adelaiden(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Patrick
- Annuario code
- 001000599
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 275,174
- Population
- 1,290,786
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 21.3%
- Priests
- 135
- Catholics per priest
- 2,038
- Extent
- 103,600 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.7
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Patrick Michael O'Regan
- Born
- 8 October 1958
- Birthplace
- Bathurst
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Adelaide stands in Adelaide, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Adelaide
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of DarwinDarwin
- Diocese of Port PiriePort Pirie
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Adelaide, South Australia, is home to this Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Australia.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.