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Suffragan diocese Broken Bay, Australia

Diocese of Broken Bay

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The Diocese of Broken Bay, erected on 8 April 1986, covers Sydney's northern suburbs and Central Coast and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sydney. The see is sede vacante in 2026 after Archbishop Anthony Randazzo was named Prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts on 25 March 2026, with Randazzo continuing as Apostolic Administrator.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, Waitara, in Broken Bay, Australia.

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Established
1986
Catholics
206,000
Priests
103
Territory
2,763 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Apostolic Administrator
Anthony Randazzo (Apostolic Administrator)
Born
7 October 1966
Birthplace
Sydney

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The cathedral

Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral, Waitara stands in Broken Bay, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

A Latin Church see of the Catholic Church in Australia, Broken Bay is a suffragan diocese within the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Sydney. Archbishop Anthony Randazzo, appointed the diocese's fourth bishop on 7 October 2019, now serves as its apostolic administrator: after meeting Pope Leo XIV in March 2026, he was named prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts on 25 March 2026, and he intends to remain apostolic administrator for three months before moving to Rome.

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