Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Sydney

Australia Australia, Norfolk Island Norfolk Island

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Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese, Primatial See of Australia

Name: Sydney / Sydneyen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Armidale, Bathurst, Broken Bay, Lismore, Maitland–Newcastle, Parramatta, Wagga Wagga, Wilcannia–Forbes, Wollongong

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 2 (1928)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

Contact Info

Address: Level 16 Polding Centre, 133 Liverpool Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9390 5100

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2014.09.18 – ...):Archbishop Anthony Colin Fisher, O.P. (64)Archbishop Anthony Colin Fisher, O.P. (64)
Auxiliary Bishop (2016.06.24 – ...):Bishop Richard James Umbers (53)Bishop Richard James Umbers (53)

Titular Bishop of Thala

Auxiliary Bishop (2021.11.18 – ...):Bishop Daniel Joseph Meagher (62)Bishop Daniel Joseph Meagher (62)

Titular Bishop of Pocofeltus

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Sydney (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Anthony Colin Fisher, O.P. (64)Archbishop Anthony Colin Fisher, O.P. (64)
(2014.09.18 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia)

Veritatem facientes in caritate

Born:1960.03.10 (Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:1991.09.14
Consecrated Bishop:2003.09.03

Titular Bishop of Buruni (2003.07.16 – 2010.01.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia) (2003.07.16 – 2010.01.08)

Bishop of Parramatta (Australia) (2010.01.08 – 2014.09.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (2014.09.18 – ...)

Vice-President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (2018.05.04 – 2024.05.01)

Archbishop Peter Andrew Comensoli (60)Bishop Peter Andrew Comensoli (60) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.02.26 – 2014.09.18)

Cardinal George Pell
(2001.03.26 – 2014.02.24)

Be not afraid

Born:1941.06.08 (Ballarat, Victoria, Australia)
Ordained Priest:1966.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:1987.05.21
Created Cardinal:2003.10.21
Died:2023.01.10 (Roma, Italy † 81)

Priest of Ballarat (Australia) (1966.12.16 – 1987.03.30)

Titular Bishop of Scala (1987.03.30 – 1996.07.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1987.03.30 – 1996.07.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia) (1996.07.16 – 2001.03.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (2001.03.26 – 2014.02.24)

President of “Vox Clara” Committee (2002.04 – 2017)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Domenica Mazzarello (2003.10.21 [2004.03.20] – 2023.01.10)

Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See (2007.02.03 – 2014.02.24)

Member of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia (2013.04.13 – 2018.10)

Prefect of Secretariat for the Economy (2014.02.24 – 2019.02.24)

Cardinal Edward Bede Clancy
(1983.02.12 – 2001.03.26)

Fides mundum vincit

Born:1923.12.13 (Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:1949.04.24
Consecrated Bishop:1976.06.29
Created Cardinal:1988.06.28
Died:2014.08.03 (Randwick, New South Wales, Australia † 90)

Priest of Sydney (Australia) (1949.04.24 – 1973.10.25)

Titular Bishop of Ardcarne (1973.10.25 – 1978.11.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia) (1973.10.25 – 1978.11.24)

Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn (Australia) (1978.11.24 – 1983.02.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (1983.02.12 – 2001.03.26)

President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (1986 – 2000)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Vallicella (1988.06.28 – 2014.08.03)

Cardinal James Darcy Freeman
(1971.07.09 – 1983.02.12)

Per ipsum ipsa duce

Born:1907.11.09 (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:1940.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:1957.01.27
Created Cardinal:1973.03.05
Died:1991.03.16 (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia † 83)

Priest of Sydney (Australia) (1940.07.13 – 1956.12.09)

Titular Bishop of Hermopolis parva (1956.12.09 – 1968.10.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia) (1956.12.09 – 1968.10.18)

Bishop of Armidale (Australia) (1968.10.18 – 1971.07.09)

President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (1971 – 1983)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (1971.07.09 – 1983.02.12)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria «Regina Pacis» in Ostia mare (1973.03.05 – 1991.03.16)

Cardinal Norman Thomas Gilroy
(1940.03.08 – 1971.07.09)

Christus lux mea

Born:1896.01.22 (Glebe, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:1923.12.24
Consecrated Bishop:1935.03.17
Created Cardinal:1946.02.18
Died:1977.10.21 (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia † 81)

Bishop of Port Augusta (Australia) (1934.12.10 – 1937.07.01)

Titular Archbishop of Cypsela (1937.07.01 – 1940.03.08)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (1937.07.01 – 1940.03.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (1940.03.08 – 1971.07.09)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quattro Coronati (1946.02.22 – 1977.10.21)

President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (1958 – 1971)

Archbishop Michael Kelly
(1911.08.17 – 1940.03.08)

Turris fortis mihi

Born:1850.02.13 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:1872.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:1901.08.15
Died:1940.03.08 († 90)

Titular Archbishop of Acrida (1901.07.16 – 1911.08.17)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (1901.07.16 – 1911.08.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (1911.08.17 – 1940.03.08)

Cardinal Francis Patrick Moran
(1884.03.14 – 1911.08.16)

Omnia omnibus

Born:1830.12.16 (Leighlinbridge, Ireland)
Ordained Priest:1853.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:1872.03.05
Created Cardinal:1885.07.27
Died:1911.08.16 (Manly, New South Wales, Australia † 80)

Titular Bishop of Olba (1871.12.22 – 1872.08.11)

Coadjutor Bishop of Ossory (Ireland) (1871.12.22 – 1872.08.11)

Bishop of Ossory (Ireland) (1872.08.11 – 1884.03.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (1884.03.14 – 1911.08.16)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Susanna (1885.07.30 – 1911.08.16)

Archbishop Roger William Bede Vaughan, O.S.B.
(1877.03.16 – 1883.08.17)

Simplices sicut pueri sagaces sicut serpentes

Born:1834.01.09 (England)
Ordained Priest:1859.04.09
Consecrated Bishop:1873.03.19
Died:1883.08.17 († 49)

Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus (1873.02.28 – 1877.03.16)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (1873.02.28 – 1877.03.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (1877.03.16 – 1883.08.17)

Archbishop John Bede Polding, O.S.B.
(1842.04.22 – 1877.03.16)

Adjutor Deus

Born:1794.10.18 (England)
Ordained Priest:1819.03.04
Consecrated Bishop:1834.06.29
Died:1877.03.16 († 82)

Titular Bishop of Hierocæsarea (1832.07.03 – 1842.04.05)

Vicar Apostolic of Madras (India) (1832.07.04 – 1833.06.03)

Vicar Apostolic of New Holland and Van Diemen’s Land (Australia) (1833.06.03 – 1842.04.05)

Vicar Apostolic of Sydney (Australia) (1842.04.05 – 1842.04.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) (1842.04.22 – 1877.03.16)

Vicars Apostolic of Sydney (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Bede Polding, O.S.B. (later Archbishop)
(1842.04.05 – 1842.04.22)

(see above)

Vicars Apostolic of New Holland and Van Diemen’s Land (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Bede Polding, O.S.B. (later Archbishop)
(1833.06.03 – 1842.04.05)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (150)

Parramatta (←), Broken Bay (↑), Wollongong (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 1,264 km²

Population: 687,100 Catholics (24.2% of 2,841,540 total)

Pastoral Centres: 133 parishes, 13 missions

Personnel: 444 priests (206 diocesan, 238 religious), 14 deacons, 1,136 religious (412 brothers, 724 sisters), 60 seminarians

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