Diocese of Lismore Dioecesis Lismorensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Australia |
Territory | North Coast, New South Wales |
Ecclesiastical province | Sydney |
Coordinates | 28°48′14″S 153°16′58″E / 28.80389°S 153.28278°E |
Statistics | |
Area | 28,660 km2 (11,070 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 519,640 107,640 [1] ( 20.7%) |
Parishes | 28 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 5 May 1887 as the Diocese of Grafton and renamed 13 June 1900 |
Cathedral | St. Carthages Cathedral, Lismore |
Patron saint | St. Carthage |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Gregory Homeming OCD |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Anthony Fisher OP |
Bishops emeritus | Geoffrey Jarrett |
Map | |
Map of the Diocese of Lismore | |
Website | |
Diocese of Lismore |
The Diocese of Lismore is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in New South Wales, Australia. The diocese was established in 1887, initially as the Diocese of Grafton, and then changed to the current name in 1900. The Diocese of Lismore covers the North Coast. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Sydney.