Diocese of Sale
Salien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sale, Australia
Latin Church diocese erected in 1887 covering Gippsland and southeastern Victoria, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Melbourne with its cathedral at Sale. Bishop Gregory Bennet has been the tenth bishop since his appointment in 2020.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 May 1887
- Latin
- Salien(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help
- Annuario code
- 001002845
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 92,746
- Population
- 372,979
- Catholic share
- 24.9%
- Priests
- 40
- Catholics per priest
- 2,319
- Extent
- 44,441 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 2.1
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
- Gregory Charles Bennet
- Born
- 7 April 1963
- 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 Mary's Cathedral, Sale stands in Sale, 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 Melbourne
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Melbourne.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BallaratBallarat
- Archdiocese of MelbourneMelbourne
- Diocese of Saints Peter and Paul of MelbourneMelbourne
- Diocese of SandhurstSandhurst
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Established in 1887, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sale serves the south east of Victoria, Australia, as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Melbourne. Gregory Bennet has been its bishop since his appointment on 27 June 2020.
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].