Diocese of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney
Sancti Thomae Apostoli Sydneyen(sis) Chaldaeorum,
Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See · Chaldean Catholic Church · Sydney, Australia
Chaldean Catholic eparchy erected in 2006 for the Chaldean faithful of Australia and New Zealand, with its cathedral at Bossley Park, New South Wales. The see is sede vacante as of April 12, 2026, after Archbishop Amel Nona was elected Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church (taking the name Mar Paul III).
The see
- Rank
- Eparchy immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Chaldean Catholic Church
- Erected
- 21 October 2006
- Latin
- Sancti Thomae Apostoli Sydneyen(sis) Chaldaeorum,
- Patron
- Saint Thomas the Apostle
- Annuario code
- 001002840
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 35,000
- Priests
- 11
- Catholics per priest
- 3,182
- Extent
- 8,525,989 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
- Eparch
- Paul III Nona
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 Thomas the Apostle Cathedral, Bossley Park stands in Sydney, 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.
History
Chaldean Catholics in Australia are served by the Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle in Sydney, a diocese immediately subject to the Holy See. Created in 2006 with Archbishop Jibrail Kassab as its first bishop, it passed in 2015 to Archbishop Amel Shamon Nona. The see has stood vacant since April 12, 2026.
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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.