Suffragan diocese Port Pirie, Australia
Diocese of Port Pirie
Portus Pirien(sis)
Latin Church
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.
On the map
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- Established
- 1887
- Catholics
- 28,653
- Priests
- 21
- Territory
- 978,823 km²
Parishes and churches
14 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Booleroo Centre ParishBooleroo CentreMass times recorded
- Cleve ParishCleveMass times recorded
- Coober Pedy ParishCoober PedyMass times recorded
- Copper Coast (Kadina) ParishKadinaMass times recorded
- Cummins ParishCumminsMass times recorded
- Flinders (Quorn) ParishQuornMass times recorded
- Jamestown ParishJamestownMass times recorded
- Port Augusta ParishPort AugustaMass times recorded
- Port Lincoln ParishPort LincolnMass times recorded
- Port Pirie Cathedral ParishPort PirieMass times recorded
- Riverland ParishBerriMass times recorded
- Roxby Downs ParishRoxby DownsMass times recorded
- West Coast (Streaky Bay) ParishStreaky BayMass times recorded
- Whyalla ParishWhyallaMass times recorded
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Karol Kulczycki, SDS
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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.
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.