Diocese of Port Pirie
Portus Pirien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Port Pirie, Australia
The Diocese of Port Pirie is a Latin Church suffragan see covering the northern two-thirds of South Australia, erected in 1887 as the Diocese of Port Augusta and renamed in 1951 when the see moved to Port Pirie. Bishop Karol Kulczycki, SDS, has led the diocese since 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1887
- Latin
- Portus Pirien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002651
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 28,653
- Population
- 166,713
- Catholic share
- 17.2%
- Priests
- 21
- Catholics per priest
- 1,364
- Extent
- 978,823 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
- Karol Kulczycki, SDS
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 Mark's Cathedral, Port Pirie stands in Port Pirie, 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 Adelaide
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Adelaide.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AdelaideAdelaide
- Diocese of DarwinDarwin
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected in 1887, the Diocese of Port Pirie is a Latin Church jurisdiction in Australia and a suffragan within the province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Adelaide. Its territory takes in the Yorke and Eyre Peninsulas, the Flinders Ranges, the Nullarbor Plain, and the Mid and Far North regions of South Australia.
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].