Archdiocese of Perth
Perthen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Perth, Australia
The Archdiocese of Perth is the metropolitan see for Western Australia, with suffragan dioceses of Broome, Bunbury, and Geraldton. Erected in 1845 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese in 1913, it is led by Archbishop Timothy Costelloe, SDB, appointed in 2012.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 May 1845
- Latin
- Perthen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002580
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 527,450
- Population
- 2,114,911
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 24.9%
- Priests
- 163
- Catholics per priest
- 3,236
- Extent
- 471,118 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.1
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
- Timothy Costelloe, SDB
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 Mary's Cathedral (Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary), Perth stands in Perth, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BroomeBroome
- Diocese of BunburyBunbury
- Diocese of GeraldtonGeraldton
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Western Australia's Greater Perth, Goldfields-Esperance, Peel and Wheatbelt regions form the territory of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perth, a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Australia. The metropolitan archbishop, currently Timothy Costelloe, appointed in February 2012, is seated at St Mary's Cathedral in Perth.
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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.