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Metropolitan see Adelaide, Australia

Archdiocese of Adelaide

Adelaiden(sis)

Latin Church

The Archdiocese of Adelaide is a Latin Rite metropolitan see covering South Australia, erected as a diocese in 1842 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1887. It is the metropolitan for the suffragan dioceses of Darwin and Port Pirie.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Adelaide, in Adelaide, Australia.

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Established
1842
Catholics
275,174
Priests
135
Territory
103,600 km²

Parishes and churches

49 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Patrick Michael O'Regan
Born
8 October 1958
Birthplace
Bathurst

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The cathedral

St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Adelaide stands in Adelaide, 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

Adelaide, South Australia, is home to this Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Australia.

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