Diocese of Geraldton
Geraldtonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Geraldton, Australia
The Diocese of Geraldton covers the Mid West and Gascoyne regions of Western Australia. Erected in 1898, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Perth, led by Bishop Michael Morrissey who was enthroned in 2017 as the first bishop of Geraldton born and ordained in the diocese.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 January 1898
- Latin
- Geraldtonen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001001484
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 27,135
- Population
- 114,662
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 23.7%
- Priests
- 16
- Catholics per priest
- 1,696
- Extent
- 1,318,310 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
- Michael Morrissey
- Born
- 9 September 1952
- Birthplace
- Yalgoo
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, Geraldton stands in Geraldton, 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 BroomeBroome
- Diocese of BunburyBunbury
- Archdiocese of PerthPerth
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Mid West of Western Australia falls under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Geraldton, a Latin Church see within the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perth. The bishop's cathedral is St Francis Xavier Cathedral in Geraldton.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.