Diocese of Sandhurst Dioecesis Sandhurstensis | |
|---|---|
 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo | |
| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Melbourne |
| Coordinates | 36°45′17″S 144°17′07″E / 36.75472°S 144.28528°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 45,178 km2 (17,443 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 341,850 91,400 ( 26.7%) |
| Parishes | 41 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 30 March 1874 |
| Cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Shane Mackinlay |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Peter Comensoli |
| Bishops emeritus | Les Tomlinson |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| sandhurst.catholic.org.au | |
The Diocese of Sandhurst 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 Melbourne. The Diocese of Sandhurst was erected in 1874 and covers the central and north-east regions of Victoria, including Bendigo.
Sacred Heart Cathedral in Bendigo is the seat of the Bishop of Sandhurst. On 3 February 2012, the Vatican announced the appointment of Les Tomlinson as the seventh Bishop of Sandhurst. He was installed in a liturgical ceremony on 1 March 2012.[1]
On 23 July 2019, Fr Shane Mackinlay was announced as the next Bishop of Sandhurst.[2]
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TomlinsonPRwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Priest, professor Fr Shane Mackinlay named Bishop of Sandhurst". Catholic Church in Australia. Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. Retrieved 23 July 2019.