Suffragan diocese Townsville, Australia
Diocese of Townsville
Tovnsvillen(sis)
Latin Church
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
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- 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.
- Cathedral Parish - Sacred Heart CathedralTownsville · CathedralMass times recorded
- Burdekin Catholic ParishAyrView parish
- Good Shepherd Parish - Mount IsaMount IsaView parish
- Good Shepherd Parish, TownsvilleTownsvilleView parish
- Holy Rosary Parish - Julia Creek & McKinlayJulia CreekMass times recorded
- Ingham Region Catholic ParishInghamView parish
- Sacred Heart Parish - HughendenHughendenView parish
- St Anne's Parish - Palm IslandPalm IslandMass times recorded
- St Anthony's Parish - DeeragunDeeragunView parish
- St Brigid's Parish - WulguruWulguruMass times recorded
- St Colman's Parish - CloncurryCloncurryMass times recorded
- St Columba's Parish - Charters TowersCharters TowersMass times recorded
- St Mary of the Cross MacKillop ParishMundingburraView parish
- St Mary's Parish - BowenBowenView parish
- St Teresa's ParishGarbuttView parish
- St. Brigid's Parish - RichmondRichmondMass times recorded
- St. Patrick's Parish - WintonWintonMass times recorded
- Whitsunday Parish - ProserpineProserpineView parish
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
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
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.