Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn
Camberren(sis)-Gulburnen(sis)
Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Canberra and Goulburn, Australia
The Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn covers the Australian Capital Territory and surrounding regions of New South Wales. Founded as the Diocese of Goulburn in 1862 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1948, it is immediately subject to the Holy See and led by Archbishop Christopher Prowse, installed in 2013.
The see
- Rank
- Archdiocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1862
- Latin
- Camberren(sis)-Gulburnen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Mary
- Annuario code
- 001001042
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 170,900
- Population
- 633,000
- Catholic share
- 27.0%
- Priests
- 72
- Catholics per priest
- 2,374
- Extent
- 88,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.9
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
- Archbishop
- Christopher Prowse
- Born
- 14 November 1953
- Birthplace
- Melbourne
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 Christopher's Cathedral, Manuka stands in Canberra and Goulburn, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Sts Peter and Paul Old Cathedral, Goulburn.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Erected in 1948 and directly subject to the Holy See, the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn is a Latin Church territory embracing the Australian Capital Territory together with the South West Slopes, Southern Tablelands, Monaro and South Coast regions of New South Wales. The archbishop's seat is St Christopher's Cathedral at Manuka. Christopher Prowse, then Bishop of Sale, was named the next archbishop on 12 September 2013 and was installed on 19 November 2013.
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].