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Suffragan diocese Broome, Australia

Diocese of Broome

Broomen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Broome covers the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Originating as the Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley in 1887 and raised to a diocese in 1966, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Perth, with Bishop Timothy Norton SVD installed as its third bishop in December 2024.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathedral, Broome, in Broome, Australia.

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Established
1966
Catholics
13,402
Priests
11
Territory
773,000 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Timothy Norton SVD

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The cathedral

Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathedral, Broome stands in Broome, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

The Kimberley and Pilbara regions of Western Australia make up the territory of the Diocese of Broome, a Latin Church see of the Catholic Church in Australia. Suffragan within the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Perth, it has its episcopal seat at Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathedral in Broome, Western Australia.

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