Diocese of Darwin Dioecesis Darvinensis | |
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 St. Mary's Cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Australia |
| Territory | Northern Territory |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Adelaide |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Adelaide |
| Coordinates | 12°26′45″S 130°50′19″E / 12.44583°S 130.83861°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 1,352,212 km2 (522,092 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2009) 205,900 45,600 ( 22.1%) |
| Parishes | 11 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1845 as the Vicariate Apostolic of Essington; 27 May 1847 as the Diocese of Victoria; 10 August as the Diocese of Victoria-Palmerston; 29 March 1938 as the Diocese of Darwin |
| Cathedral | St Mary's Star of the Sea Cathedral, Darwin |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Charles Gauci |
| Bishops emeritus | Daniel Eugene Hurley |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| darwin.catholic.org.au | |
The Diocese of Darwin is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Adelaide.
As the largest diocese in Australia by physical area covered, the Diocese of Darwin was initially administered by the Vicariate Apostolic of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land. In 1845, the Vicariate Apostolic of Essington was erected; becoming elevated as part of the Diocese of Victoria in 1847; as the Diocese of Victoria–Palmerston in 1888; and its name changed to the Diocese of Darwin in 1938.