Diocese of Broome Dioecesis Broomensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Australia |
Territory | Kimberley and Pilbara regions of Western Australia |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Perth |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Perth |
Coordinates | 17°57′31″S 122°14′16″E / 17.95861°S 122.23778°E |
Statistics | |
Area | 773,000 km2 (298,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 35,001 13,402 ( 38.3%) |
Parishes | 9 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 10 May 1887 as Vicariate Apostolic of Kimberley 7 June 1966 as Diocese of Broome |
Cathedral | Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathedral, Broome |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Tim Norton |
Apostolic Administrator | Michael Morrissey |
Bishops emeritus | Christopher Alan Saunders Paul William Boyers |
Website | |
Catholic Diocese of Broome |
The Diocese of Broome is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Australia. The diocese covers the Kimberley and Pilbara regions of Western Australia. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Perth. Its cathedral episcopal see is Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathedral, in Broome, Western Australia.