Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brisbane, Australia

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Patron Saint: Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 4 (1989)

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History

1859.04.12: Established as Diocese of Brisbane / Brisbanen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sydney and became suffragan of Sydney)
1877.01.30: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Queensland
1882.12.29: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Rockhampton
1887.05.10: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brisbane / Brisbanen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Rockhampton and Cooktown)
1929.05.28: Lost territory to Diocese of Rockhampton, lost territory to establish Diocese of Toowoomba and gained suffragan see Toowoomba
1930.02.12: Gained suffragan see Townsville

Contact Info

Address: 43 Edward Street, GPO Box 282, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia

Phone: +61 7 3336 9333

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1986.11)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2012.04.02 – ...):	Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge (75)
Auxiliary Bishop (2021.11.11 – ...):	Bishop Timothy John Norton, S.V.D. (65) Titular Bishop of Madaurus

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Brisbane (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge (75)
(2012.04.02 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia)

Sanguis et aqua

Born:	1948.09.25 (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1974.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.06.19

Priest of Melbourne (Australia) (1974.05.18 – 2002.05.03)

Chaplain of His Holiness (2001.12.07 – 2002.05.03)

Titular Bishop of Theveste (2002.05.03 – 2006.06.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia) (2002.05.03 – 2006.06.19)

Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia) (2006.06.19 – 2012.04.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia) (2012.04.02 – ...)

Vice-President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (2016.05.06 – 2018.05.04)

President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (2018.05.04 [2018.05.10] – 2022.05.06)

Bishop Geoffrey Hilton Jarrett (85)
(Apostolic Administrator 2011.11.14 – 2012.04.02)

Archbishop John Alexius Bathersby
(1991.12.03 – 2011.11.14)

Lex crucis

Born:	1936.07.26 (Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1961.06.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.03.20
Died:	2020.03.09 (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia † 83)

Bishop of Cairns (Australia) (1986.01.17 – 1991.12.03)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia) (1991.12.03 – 2011.11.14)

Vice-President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (2000 – 2006.05.05)

Archbishop Francis Roberts Rush
(1973.03.05 – 1991.12.03)

Mihi vivere Christus

Born:	1916.09.11 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1939.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.02.08
Died:	2001.07.21 († 84)

Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia) (1960.11.07 – 1973.03.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia) (1973.03.05 – 1991.12.03)

President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (1983 – 1986)

Archbishop Patrick Mary O’Donnell
(1965.04.10 – 1973.03.05)

Born:	1897.02.02 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1922.04.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.03.17
Died:	1980.11.02 († 83)

Titular Archbishop of Pelusium (1948.11.08 – 1965.04.10)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia) (1948.11.08 – 1965.04.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia) (1965.04.10 – 1973.03.05)

Archbishop James Duhig
(1917.01.13 – 1965.04.10)

Born:	1871.09.02 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1896.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1905.12.10
Died:	1965.04.10 († 93)

Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia) (1905.09.16 – 1912.02.27)

Titular Archbishop of Amida (1912.02.27 – 1917.01.13)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia) (1912.02.27 – 1917.01.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia) (1917.01.13 – 1965.04.10)

Archbishop Robert Dunne
(1887.05.10 – 1917.01.13)

Born:	1830.09.05 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1854.06.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1882.06.18
Died:	1917.01.13 († 86)

Bishop of Brisbane (Australia) (1882.01.03 – 1887.05.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia) (1887.05.10 – 1917.01.13)

Bishops of Brisbane (Roman Rite)

Bishop Robert Dunne (later Archbishop)
(1882.01.03 – 1887.05.10)

(see above)

Bishop James Quinn
(1859.04.14 – 1881.08.18)

Born:	1819.04.15 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1847.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1859.06.29
Died:	1881.08.18 († 62)

Bishop of Brisbane (Australia) (1859.04.14 – 1881.08.18)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Patrick Mary O’Donnell (1948.11.08 – 1965.04.10)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop James Duhig (1912.02.27 – 1917.01.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Kenneth Michael Howell (65) (2017.03.28 – 2023.05.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph John Oudeman, O.F.M. Cap. (81) (2002.11.30 – 2017.03.28)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Brian Vincent Finnigan (85) (2002.01.31 – 2015.12.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Michael Ernest Putney (1995.05.31 – 2001.01.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Eugene James Cuskelly, M.S.C. (1982.05.17 – 1996.04.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Joseph Gerry (1975.06.05 – 2003.02.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Henry Joseph Kennedy (1967.09.14 – 1971.12.06)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St Stephen’s Cathedral, Brisbane, Queensland

Churches by City (210)

Toowoomba (←), Rockhampton (↑), Nouméa (→), Lismore (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 63,526 km²

Population: 812,780 Catholics (23.1% of 3,521,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 94 parishes

Personnel: 228 priests (145 diocesan, 83 religious), 19 deacons, 577 religious (159 brothers, 418 sisters), 15 seminarians