Archdiocese of Brisbane Archidioecesis Brisbanensis | |
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 Coat of Arms of the Archdiocese of Brisbane | |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Territory | South East region of Queensland, including Greater Brisbane |
| Ecclesiastical province | Brisbane |
| Coordinates | 27°27′56″S 153°02′41″E / 27.46556°S 153.04472°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 65,000 km2 (25,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 2,849,000 663,000 (23.3%) |
| Parishes | 103 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 12 April 1859 as the Diocese of Brisbane; 10 May 1887 as the Archdiocese of Brisbane |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St Stephen |
| Patron saint | Mary MacKillop |
| Secular priests | 245 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop of Brisbane | Mark Coleridge |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Tim Norton SVD[1] |
| Bishops emeritus | Brian Vincent Finnigan Joseph John Oudeman, OFMCap |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| bne.catholic.net.au | |
The Archdiocese of Brisbane is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Australia located in Brisbane and covering the South East region of Queensland, Australia.
Part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Brisbane, the region covered was initially administered by the Archdiocese of Sydney. In 1859 the Diocese of Brisbane was erected, and elevated as an archdiocese in 1887. The archdiocese is the metropolitan of the suffragan dioceses of Cairns, Rockhampton, Toowoomba and Townsville.
The Cathedral of St Stephen is the seat of the Archbishop of Brisbane. On 12 May 2012 Mark Coleridge was installed as the sixth Archbishop of Brisbane, the seventh Bishop of Brisbane.[2][3]
Mary MacKillop is the patron saint of the Archdiocese of Brisbane.[4]
- ^ "Fr Tim Norton named new Auxiliary Bishop of Brisbane". 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Appointment of the new Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane: The Most Revd Mark Benedict Coleridge, DD" (PDF) (Press release). Catholic Church in Australia. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Macdonald, Robert (3 April 2012). "Catholic Church names Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge". The Courier–Mail. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
- ^ "Archdiocesan Patron – St Mary of the Cross MacKillop". Archdiocese of Brisbane. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.