Diocese of Townsville
Tovnsvillen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Townsville, Australia
Latin Church diocese erected in 1930 covering North Queensland, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Brisbane with its seat at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Townsville. Bishop Timothy Harris has been the sixth bishop since 2017.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 February 1930
- Latin
- Tovnsvillen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady Help of Christians
- Annuario code
- 001003265
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 74,084
- Population
- 252,289
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 29.4%
- Priests
- 27
- Catholics per priest
- 2,744
- Extent
- 435,200 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.2
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 James Harris
- Born
- 29 October 1962
- Birthplace
- Brisbane
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
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Townsville stands in Townsville, 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 Brisbane
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Brisbane.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of BrisbaneBrisbane
- Diocese of CairnsCairns
- Diocese of RockhamptonRockhampton
- Diocese of ToowoombaToowoomba
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
North Queensland is the care of the Diocese of Townsville, a Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Australia and a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Brisbane. It was erected in 1930 from territory separated out of the Diocese of Rockhampton.
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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.