Diocese of Bunbury, Australia

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bunbury / Bumburien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Perth

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1954.11.12: Established as Diocese of Bunbury / Bumburien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perth and became suffragan of Perth)

Contact Info

Address: 3 Brend-tor Street, PO Box 2005, Bunbury, WA 6231, Australia

Phone: +61 8 9721 0500

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Apostolic Administrator (2023.06.30 – ...):

Archbishop Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B. (70)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Perth (Australia)

President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bunbury (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Timothy John Costelloe, S.D.B. (70)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.06.30 – ...)

Bishop Gerard Joseph Holohan (76)
(2001.06.11 – 2023.06.30)

Bishop emeritus of Bunbury (Australia)

To love, to serve like Christ

Born:	1947.09.05 (Perth, Western Australia, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1971.09.04
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.09.05

Priest of Perth (Australia) (1971.09.04 – 2001.06.11)

Bishop of Bunbury (Australia) (2001.06.11 – 2023.06.30)

Bishop Peter Quinn
(1982.05.26 – 2000.12.20)

Born:	1928.02.17 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1950.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.08.27
Died:	2008.08.23 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Falerone (1969.06.26 – 1982.05.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Perth (Australia) (1969.06.26 – 1982.05.26)

Bishop of Bunbury (Australia) (1982.05.26 – 2000.12.20)

Bishop Myles McKeon
(1969.03.06 – 1982.02.18)

Born:	1919.04.03 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1947.06.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.09.12
Died:	2016.05.02 († 97)

Titular Bishop of Antipyrgos (1962.05.23 – 1969.03.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Perth (Australia) (1962.05.23 – 1969.03.06)

Bishop of Bunbury (Australia) (1969.03.06 – 1982.02.18)

Bishop Lancelot John Goody (later Archbishop)
(1954.11.12 – 1968.10.18)

Born:	1908.06.05 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1930.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.11.01
Died:	1992.05.13 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Abydus (1951.08.02 – 1954.11.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Perth (Australia) (1951.08.02 – 1954.11.12)

Bishop of Bunbury (Australia) (1954.11.12 – 1968.10.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Perth (Australia) (1968.10.18 – 1983.10.26)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St Patrick’s Cathedral, Bunbury, Western Australia
Former Cathedral (now not in use): St Mary’s Church, South Bunbury, Western Australia

Churches by City (50)

Perth (↑)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 184,000 km²

Population: 68,125 Catholics (18.2% of 374,260 total)

Pastoral Centres: 27 parishes

Personnel: 32 priests (18 diocesan, 14 religious), 8 deacons, 30 religious (14 brothers, 16 sisters), 1 seminarian