Diocese of Port Pirie Dioecesis Portus Piriensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Australia |
Territory | Yorke and Eyre Peninsulas, Flinders Ranges, Nullarbor Plain, and Mid and Far North regions of South Australia |
Ecclesiastical province | Adelaide |
Coordinates | 33°10′46″S 138°00′29″E / 33.17944°S 138.00806°E |
Statistics | |
Area | 978,823 km2 (377,926 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 166,713 28,653 ( 17.2%) |
Parishes | 23 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 10 May 1887 as Diocese of Port Augusta 7 June 1951 as Diocese of Port Pirie |
Cathedral | St Mark's Cathedral, Port Pirie |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop-Elect | Karol Kulczycki SDS |
Bishops emeritus | Gregory O'Kelly SJ |
Map | |
Website | |
http://www.pp.catholic.org.au |
The Diocese of Port Pirie is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Australia. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Adelaide, erected in 1887 covering the Yorke and Eyre Peninsulas, Flinders Ranges, Nullarbor Plain, and Mid and Far North regions of South Australia, Australia.