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Suffragan diocese Townsville, Australia

Diocese of Townsville

Tovnsvillen(sis)

Latin Church diocese erected in 1930 covering North Queensland, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Brisbane with its seat at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Townsville. Bishop Timothy Harris has been the sixth bishop since 2017.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Sacred Heart Cathedral, Townsville, in Townsville, Australia.

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Established
1930
Catholics
74,084
Priests
27
Territory
435,200 km²

Parishes and churches

18 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Timothy James Harris
Born
29 October 1962
Birthplace
Brisbane

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The cathedral

Sacred Heart Cathedral, Townsville stands in Townsville, 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

North Queensland is the care of the Diocese of Townsville, a Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Australia and a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Brisbane. It was erected in 1930 from territory separated out of the Diocese of Rockhampton.