Suffragan diocese Rockhampton, Australia
Diocese of Rockhampton
Rockhamptonien(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Rockhampton is a Latin Church suffragan see covering central Queensland, erected in 1882. Bishop Daniel Meagher was installed as its 11th bishop on 28 May 2026, succeeding Bishop Michael McCarthy.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1882
- Catholics
- 95,000
- Priests
- 37
- Territory
- 415,000 km²
Parishes and churches
30 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Rockhampton - Cathedral Parish of St JosephRockhampton · CathedralView parish
- Alpha / JerichoAlphaView parish
- AramacAramacView parish
- BarcaldineBarcaldineView parish
- Blackall / TamboBlackallView parish
- Blackwater / Duaringa / DingoBlackwaterView parish
- BundabergBundabergView parish
- Capella / TieriCapellaView parish
- Capricorn Coast (Yeppoon / Emu Park)YeppoonView parish
- ClermontClermontView parish
- Dysart / MiddlemountDysartView parish
- EmeraldEmeraldView parish
- Finch HattonFinch HattonView parish
- GladstoneGladstoneView parish
- Isisford / JundahIsisfordView parish
- Longreach / IlfracombeLongreachView parish
- Mackay - St Francis XavierMackayView parish
- Mackay - St Mary'sMackayView parish
- Mackay - St Patrick'sMackayView parish
- Marian / MiraniMarianView parish
- MoranbahMoranbahView parish
- North Mackay & FarleighNorth MackayView parish
- Rockhampton - North RockhamptonRockhamptonView parish
- Rockhampton - Park AvenueRockhamptonMass times recorded
- Rockhampton - RockoniaRockhamptonView parish
- SarinaSarinaView parish
- SpringsureSpringsureView parish
- Valleys RegionMount MorganView parish
- Walkerston / EtonWalkerstonView parish
- Woorabinda MissionWoorabindaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Daniel Meagher
- Born
- 13 September 1950
- Birthplace
- Toowoomba
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
St Joseph's Cathedral, Rockhampton stands in Rockhampton, 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
Central Queensland is the territory of the Diocese of Rockhampton, a Latin Church see of the Catholic Church in Australia erected in 1882. It stands as a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Brisbane.