Diocese of Bathurst
Bathursten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bathurst, Australia
The Diocese of Bathurst in central New South Wales was erected by Pope Pius IX on 20 June 1865 and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sydney. Its current ordinary is Bishop Michael McKenna, installed in 2009.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 June 1865
- Latin
- Bathursten(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Michael and Saint John the Baptist
- Annuario code
- 001000851
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 65,681
- Population
- 232,701
- Catholic share
- 28.2%
- Priests
- 30
- Catholics per priest
- 2,189
- Extent
- 103,560 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.6
of the people living within its bounds
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 McKenna
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
Cathedral of St Michael and St John, Bathurst stands in Bathurst, 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 Sydney
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Sydney.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ArmidaleArmidale
- Diocese of Broken BayBroken Bay
- Diocese of LismoreLismore
- Diocese of Maitland–NewcastleMaitland–Newcastle
- Diocese of ParramattaParramatta
- Archdiocese of SydneySydney
- Diocese of Wagga WaggaWagga Wagga
- Diocese of Wilcannia–ForbesWilcannia
- Diocese of WollongongWollongong
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Established in 1865, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst in Australia (for namesakes, see Diocese of Bathurst) covers the Central West and Orana regions of New South Wales as a Latin Church suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sydney. The Cathedral of St Michael and St John the Baptist serves as the episcopal seat of the Bishop of Bathurst, presently Michael McKenna.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].