Roman Catholic Diocese of Bunbury

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bunbury is a suffragan Latin Rite diocese of the Archdiocese of Perth, established in 1954, covering the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia.

Diocese of Bunbury Dioecesis Bumburiensis
Location
Country	Australia
Territory	South West and Great Southern, Western Australia
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Perth
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Perth
Coordinates	33°19′46″S 115°38′13″E
Statistics
Area	184,000 km^2 (71,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2012) 283,000 58,522 (20.7%)
Parishes	27
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	12 November 1954
Cathedral	St Patrick's Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Gerard Joseph Holohan
Website
Catholic Diocese of Bunbury

Ordinaries

The following individuals have been elected as Roman Catholic Bishop of Bunbury:[1]

Order	Name	Date enthroned	Reign ended	Term of office	Reason for term end
1	Lancelot Goody †	12 November 1954	18 October 1968	13 years, 341 days	Elevated as Archbishop of Perth
2	Myles McKeon †	6 March 1969	18 February 1982	12 years, 349 days	Resigned and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury
3	Peter Quinn †	26 May 1982	20 December 2000	18 years, 208 days	Resigned and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury
4	Gerard Joseph Holohan	5 September 2001	present	19 years, 227 days	n/a

Parishes

The diocese is divided into three separate deaneries that administer individual parishes:[2]

1. Great Southern deanery with regular liturgical services held in the parishes of Albany (St Joseph), Denmark (St Mary), Esperance (Star of the Sea), Katanning (St Patrick), Kojonup (St Bernard), Lake Grace (Maria Regina), Mount Barker (Sacred Heart), Narrogin (St Matthew), and Wagin (St Joseph)
2. Lower South West deanery with regular liturgical services held in the parishes of Boyup Brook (St Mary), Bridgetown (St Brigid), Busselton (St Joseph and Our Lady of the Bay), Donnybrook (St Mary), Dunsborough (Our Lady of the Southern Cross), Manjimup (St Joseph), Margaret River (St Thomas More), and Pemberton (Sacred Heart)
3. South West deanery with regular liturgical services held in the parishes of Bunbury (Cathedral Parish of St Patrick), Brunswick Junction (Our Lady's Assumption), Collie (St Brigid), Dardanup (The Immaculate Conception), Dawesville (St Damien), Harvey (Our Lady of Immaculate Conception), Australind (Church of the Living Vine), Mandurah (Our Lady's Assumption), Pinjarra (St Augustine), and Waroona (St Patrick)

Controversy

In 2003 Adrian Richard Van Klooster, a Catholic priest, plead guilty to four counts of indecently dealing with children under the age of 13 and was found with child pornography on his computer.[3]

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Australia

References

1. "Diocese of Bunbury". The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 20 February 2001. Retrieved 5 January 2007.
2. "Parishes in the Bunbury Diocese". Catholic Diocese of Bunbury. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
3. "Bishop's plea after priest convicted". The Catholic Weekly. Australia. 2 February 2003. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.

External links

• Catholic Diocese of Bunbury