Roman Catholic Diocese of Wagga Wagga

Diocese of Wagga Wagga

Dioecesis Corvopolitanus
St Michael's Cathedral, Wagga Wagga; consecrated in ca. 1859
Location
CountryAustralia
TerritoryRiverina regions of New South Wales
MetropolitanArchdiocese of Sydney
Coordinates35°06′26″S 147°22′21″E / 35.10722°S 147.37250°E / -35.10722; 147.37250
Statistics
Area62,160 km2 (24,000 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 1999)
Increase 206,000
Increase 62,000 (Steady 30.1%)
ParishesSteady 31
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established28 July 1917
CathedralSt Michael's, Wagga Wagga
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopMark Stuart Edwards
Metropolitan ArchbishopAnthony Fisher OP
Bishops emeritusGerard Joseph Hanna
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Catholic Diocese of Wagga Wagga

The Diocese of Wagga Wagga is a Latin Church suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Sydney, established in 1917, covering the Riverina region of New South Wales in Australia.

St Michael's Cathedral is the seat of the Catholic Bishop of Wagga Wagga. On 12 September 2016, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Gerard Hanna due to health and age concerns and appointed Christopher Prowse to be the Apostolic Administrator. On 26 May 2020 Pope Francis announced that Bishop Mark Edwards OMI would be the sixth Bishop of Wagga Wagga, to be installed as Bishop on 22 July 2020 at St Michael's Cathedral.[1]