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Diocese of

Lismore

Australia Australia

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Lismore (English) / Lismoren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Sydney

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Churches by City (71)

Maitland–Newcastle (↙), Armidale (↙), Brisbane (↑)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.12.20 – ...):Bishop Gregory Paul Homeming, O.C.D. (66)Bishop Gregory Paul Homeming, O.C.D. (66)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lismore (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gregory Paul Homeming, O.C.D. (66)Bishop Gregory Paul Homeming, O.C.D. (66)
(2016.12.20 – ...)

Bishop of Lismore (Australia)

God alone suffices

Born:1957.05.30 (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:1991.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:2017.02.22

Bishop of Lismore (Australia) (2016.12.20 – ...)

Bishop Geoffrey Hilton Jarrett (85)Bishop Geoffrey Hilton Jarrett (85)
(2001.12.01 – 2016.12.20)

Bishop emeritus of Lismore (Australia)

Supra firmam petram

Born:1937.12.01 (Kyneton, Victoria, Australia)
Ordained Priest:1970.05.14
Consecrated Bishop:2001.02.22

Coadjutor Bishop of Lismore (Australia) (2000.12.09 – 2001.12.01)

Bishop of Lismore (Australia) (2001.12.01 – 2016.12.20)

Apostolic Administrator of Brisbane (Australia) (2011.11.14 – 2012.04.02)

Bishop John Steven Satterthwaite
(1971.09.01 – 2001.12.01)

Sursum corda

Born:1928.08.11 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:1957.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:1969.05.01
Died:2016.04.23 († 87)

Titular Bishop of Thignica (1969.03.06 – 1971.09.01)

Coadjutor Bishop of Lismore (Australia) (1969.03.06 – 1971.09.01)

Bishop of Lismore (Australia) (1971.09.01 – 2001.12.01)

Bishop Patrick Joseph Farrelly
(1949.05.08 – 1971.09.01)

Born:1895.12.19 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:1918.12.01
Consecrated Bishop:1931.08.30
Died:1974.05.25 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Neve (1931.05.01 – 1949.05.08)

Coadjutor Bishop of Lismore (Australia) (1931.05.01 – 1949.05.08)

Bishop of Lismore (Australia) (1949.05.08 – 1971.09.01)

Bishop John Carroll
(1909.12.02 – 1949.05.08)

Born:1865.12.25 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1890.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:1910.03.06
Died:1949.05.08 († 83)

Bishop of Lismore (Australia) (1909.12.02 – 1949.05.08)

Bishop Jeremiah Joseph Doyle
(1900.06.13 – 1909.06.04)

Born:1849.12.05 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1874.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:1887.08.28
Died:1909.06.04 († 59)

Bishop of Grafton (Australia) (1887.05.13 – 1900.06.13)

Bishop of Lismore (Australia) (1900.06.13 – 1909.06.04)

Bishops of Grafton (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jeremiah Joseph Doyle
(1887.05.13 – 1900.06.13)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Contact Info

Address: 75 Magellan Street, PO Box 1, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia

Phone: +61 2 6622 0407

Website:

Statistics

Area: 28,660 km²

Population: 107,640 Catholics (20.7% of 519,640 total) (2020)

Statistics: 22 parishes, 54 priests (41 diocesan, 13 religious), 2 deacons, 89 lay religious (19 brothers, 70 sisters), 2 seminarians (2020)

History

Last updated on 2023.06.05

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