Diocese of Bunbury Dioecesis Bumburiensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Australia |
Territory | South West and Great Southern, Western Australia |
Ecclesiastical province | Perth |
Coordinates | 33°19′46″S 115°38′13″E / 33.32944°S 115.63694°E |
Statistics | |
Area | 184,000 km2 (71,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2012) 283,000 58,522 (20.7%) |
Parishes | 27 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 12 November 1954 |
Cathedral | St Patrick's Cathedral |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Sede vacante |
Apostolic Administrator | Timothy Costelloe |
Bishops emeritus | Gerard Holohan |
Website | |
Catholic Diocese of Bunbury |
The Diocese of Bunbury 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 Perth. The Diocese of Bunbury was established in 1954, and covers the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia.