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Diocese of

Sale

Australia Australia

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Sale / Salien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Melbourne

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Churches by City (64)

Melbourne (←), Sandhurst (↑), Wagga Wagga (↑), Canberra and Goulburn (↗), Hobart (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.06.27 – ...):Bishop Gregory Charles Bennet (59)Bishop Gregory Charles Bennet (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sale (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gregory Charles Bennet (59)Bishop Gregory Charles Bennet (59)
(2020.06.27 – ...)

Bishop of Sale (Australia)

Life for me is Christ

Born:1963.04.07 (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Ordained Priest:1992.08.22
Consecrated Bishop:2020.12.08

Bishop of Sale (Australia) (2020.06.27 – ...)

Archbishop Patrick Michael O’Regan (64)Bishop Patrick Michael O’Regan (64) (later Archbishop)
(2014.12.04 – 2020.03.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Adelaide (Australia)

Ut sit Deus omnia in omnibus

Born:1958.10.08 (Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:1983.09.02
Consecrated Bishop:2015.02.26

Bishop of Sale (Australia) (2014.12.04 – 2020.03.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Adelaide (Australia) (2020.03.19 – ...)

Archbishop Christopher Charles Prowse (69)Bishop Christopher Charles Prowse (69) (later Archbishop)
(2009.06.18 – 2013.09.12)

Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia)
Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Australia (Australia)

Only Jesus

Born:1953.11.14 (East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Ordained Priest:1980.08.16
Consecrated Bishop:2003.05.19

Titular Bishop of Bahanna (2003.04.04 – 2009.06.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia) (2003.04.04 – 2009.06.18)

Bishop of Sale (Australia) (2009.06.18 – 2013.09.12)

Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia) (2013.09.12 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Wagga Wagga (Australia) (2016.09.12 – 2020.05.26)

Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Australia (Australia) (2021.05.24 – ...)

Bishop Jeremiah Joseph Coffey
(1989.04.08 – 2008.01.02)

In joyful hope

Born:1933.01.01 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1958.06.22
Consecrated Bishop:1989.06.30
Died:2014.11.19 († 81)

Bishop of Sale (Australia) (1989.04.08 – 2008.01.02)

Bishop Joseph Eric D’Arcy (later Archbishop)
(1981.02.25 – 1988.10.24)

Ecce agnus Dei

Born:1924.04.25 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:1949.07.24
Consecrated Bishop:1981.07.01
Died:2005.12.12 († 81)

Bishop of Sale (Australia) (1981.02.25 – 1988.10.24)

Archbishop of Hobart (Australia) (1988.10.24 – 1999.06.26)

Bishop Arthur Francis Fox
(1967.11.29 – 1981.02.25)

In Deo spero

Born:1904.08.27 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:1930.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:1957.01.20
Died:1997.02.16 († 92)

Titular Bishop of Rhinocorura (1956.10.11 – 1967.11.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1956.10.11 – 1967.11.29)

Bishop of Sale (Australia) (1967.11.29 – 1981.02.25)

Bishop Patrick Francis Lyons
(1957.06.16 – 1967.08.13)

Christus vincit

Born:1903.01.06 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:1927.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:1944.07.02
Died:1967.08.13 († 64)

Bishop of Christchurch (New Zealand) (1944.03.16 – 1950.04.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia) (1950.04.05 – 1956.10.11)

Titular Bishop of Cabasa (1950.04.05 – 1957.06.16)

Coadjutor Bishop of Sale (Australia) (1956.10.11 – 1957.06.16)

Bishop of Sale (Australia) (1957.06.16 – 1967.08.13)

Bishop Richard Ryan, C.M.
(1926.03.10 – 1957.06.16)

Evangelizare pauperibus misit me

Born:1881.07.25 (England)
Ordained Priest:1907.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:1923.07.29
Died:1957.06.16 († 75)

Bishop of Geraldton (Australia) (1923.01.30 – 1926.03.10)

Bishop of Sale (Australia) (1926.03.10 – 1957.06.16)

Bishop Patrick Phelan
(1912.11.02 – 1925.01.05)

Turris fortis mihi Deus

Born:1856.01.02 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1888.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:1913.03.02
Died:1925.01.05 († 69)

Bishop of Sale (Australia) (1912.11.02 – 1925.01.05)

Bishop James Francis Corbett
(1887.05.13 – 1912.05.29)

Monstra te esse matrem

Born:1834.07.12 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1858.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:1887.08.25
Died:1912.05.29 († 77)

Bishop of Sale (Australia) (1887.05.13 – 1912.05.29)

Former Prelates

Contact Info

Address: Sion House, 6 Witton Street, P.O. Box 1410, Warragul, Vic. 3820, Australia

Phone: +61 (03) 5622.6600

Website:

Statistics

Area: 44,441 km²

Population: 128,983 Catholics (21.6% of 597,432 total) (2020)

Statistics: 27 parishes, 33 priests (23 diocesan, 10 religious), 5 deacons, 19 lay religious (10 brothers, 9 sisters), 1 seminarian (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Perpetual Help

History

Last updated on 2023.02.25

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