Roman Catholic Diocese of Lismore

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Diocese of Lismore Dioecesis Lismorensis
St. Carthage's Cathedral, Lismore
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 / -28.80389; 153.28278
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.