Diocese of Bunbury
Bumburien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bunbury, Australia
The Diocese of Bunbury covers the southwest of Western Australia and was erected by Pope Pius XII on 12 November 1954. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Perth, it is led by Bishop George Kolodziej SDS, installed on 20 March 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 November 1954
- Latin
- Bumburien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Patrick
- Annuario code
- 001000980
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 58,522
- Population
- 283,000
- Catholic share
- 20.7%
- Priests
- 32
- Catholics per priest
- 1,829
- Extent
- 184,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.3
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
- George Kolodziej SDS
- Born
- 17 May 1968
- Birthplace
- Dobra
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ DEL DIVIN SALVATORE (SALVATORIANI) (S.D.S.)
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
St Patrick's Cathedral, Bunbury stands in Bunbury, 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 Perth
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Perth.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BroomeBroome
- Diocese of GeraldtonGeraldton
- Archdiocese of PerthPerth
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Serving the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia, the Diocese of Bunbury is a Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church. Within the Australian hierarchy it belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Perth, as a suffragan of that metropolitan archdiocese.
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].