Diocese of Broome
Broomen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Broome, Australia
The Diocese of Broome covers the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Originating as the Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in 1887 and raised to a diocese in 1966, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Perth, with Bishop Timothy Norton SVD installed as its third bishop in December 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1966
- Latin
- Broomen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady Queen of Peace
- Annuario code
- 001000962
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 13,402
- Population
- 35,001
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 38.3%
- Priests
- 11
- Catholics per priest
- 1,218
- Extent
- 773,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
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
- Bishop
- Timothy Norton SVD
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
Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathedral, Broome stands in Broome, 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 Perth
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Perth.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BunburyBunbury
- Diocese of GeraldtonGeraldton
- Archdiocese of PerthPerth
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Kimberley and Pilbara regions of Western Australia make up the territory of the Diocese of Broome, a Latin Church see of the Catholic Church in Australia. Suffragan within the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Perth, it has its episcopal seat at Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathedral in Broome, Western 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.