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Suffragan diocese Bathurst, Australia

Diocese of Bathurst

Bathursten(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of St Michael and St John, Bathurst, in Bathurst, Australia.

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Established
1865
Catholics
65,681
Priests
30
Territory
103,560 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Michael McKenna

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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.

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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.

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