Diocese of Geraldton
Geraldtonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Geraldton, Australia
The Diocese of Geraldton covers the Mid West and Gascoyne regions of Western Australia. Erected in 1898, it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Perth, led by Bishop Michael Morrissey who was enthroned in 2017 as the first bishop of Geraldton born and ordained in the diocese.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 January 1898
- Latin
- Geraldtonen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001001484
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 27,135
- Population
- 114,662
- Catholic share
- 23.7%
- Priests
- 16
- Catholics per priest
- 1,696
- Extent
- 1,318,310 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
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
- Michael Morrissey
- Born
- 9 September 1952
- Birthplace
- Yalgoo
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 Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Geraldton stands in Geraldton, 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 BunburyBunbury
- Archdiocese of PerthPerth
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Mid West of Western Australia falls under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Geraldton, a Latin Church see within the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perth. The bishop's cathedral is St Francis Xavier Cathedral in Geraldton.
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].