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Diocese of

Broken Bay

Australia Australia

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Broken Bay / Sinus Tortuosi (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Sydney

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Churches by City (48)

Parramatta (←), Maitland–Newcastle (↗), Sydney (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.10.07 – ...):Bishop Anthony Randazzo (56)Bishop Anthony Randazzo (56)

President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania

Ordinaries

Bishops of Broken Bay (Roman Rite)

Bishop Anthony Randazzo (56)Bishop Anthony Randazzo (56)
(2019.10.07 – ...)

Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia)
President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:1966.10.07 (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:1991.11.29
Consecrated Bishop:2016.08.24

Titular Bishop of Quiza (2016.06.24 – 2019.10.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia) (2016.06.24 – 2019.10.07)

Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia) (2019.10.07 – ...)

President of Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania (2023.02.10 – ...)

Archbishop Peter Andrew Comensoli (58)Bishop Peter Andrew Comensoli (58) (later Archbishop)
(2014.11.20 – 2018.06.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia)

Prædicamus Christum crucifixum

Born:1964.03.25 (Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:1992.05.22
Consecrated Bishop:2011.06.08

Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Numidia (2011.04.20 – 2014.11.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia) (2011.04.20 – 2014.11.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Sydney (Australia) (2014.02.26 – 2014.09.18)

Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia) (2014.11.20 – 2018.06.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia) (2018.06.29 – ...)

Bishop David Louis Walker (84)Bishop David Louis Walker (84)
(1996.07.09 – 2013.11.13)

Bishop emeritus of Broken Bay (Australia)

Semper fidelis

Born:1938.11.13 (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:1962.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:1996.09.03

Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia) (1996.07.09 – 2013.11.13)

Bishop Patrick Laurence Murphy
(1986.04.08 – 1996.07.09)

Born:1920.10.28 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:1944.07.22
Consecrated Bishop:1977.01.22
Died:2007.03.18 († 86)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ in Numidia (1976.12.20 – 1986.04.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia) (1976.12.20 – 1986.04.08)

Bishop of Broken Bay (Australia) (1986.04.08 – 1996.07.09)

Contact Info

Address: 423 Pennant Hills Road, PO Box 340, Pennant Hills, NSW 1715, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9847 0000

Websites:

Statistics

Area: 2,763 km²

Population: 249,700 Catholics (24.4% of 1,024,465 total) (2020)

Statistics: 26 parishes, 1 mission, 95 priests (36 diocesan, 59 religious), 7 deacons, 106 lay religious (75 brothers, 31 sisters), 9 seminarians (2020)

History

Last updated on 2023.02.25

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