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Metropolitan see Brisbane, Australia

Archdiocese of Brisbane

Brisbanen(sis)

Latin Church

The Archdiocese of Brisbane covers southeast Queensland and serves as metropolitan see for the suffragan dioceses of Cairns, Rockhampton, Toowoomba and Townsville. Founded as a diocese in 1859 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1887, it is led by Archbishop Shane Mackinlay, installed on 11 September 2025.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane, in Brisbane, Australia.

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Established
1859
Catholics
663,000
Priests
245
Territory
65,000 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Shane Mackinlay

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane stands in Brisbane, 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

Covering south east Queensland and centred on Brisbane, this Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese heads the Ecclesiastical Province of Brisbane. The region was at first administered by the Archdiocese of Sydney; the Diocese of Brisbane was erected in 1859 and raised to an archdiocese in 1887.

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