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Diocese of

Bunbury

Australia Australia

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese

Area: 184,000 km²

Population: 64,296 Catholics (17.7% of 363,109 total) (2018)

Statistics: 28 parishes, 35 priests (21 diocesan, 14 religious), 13 deacons, 35 lay religious (16 brothers, 19 sisters), 1 seminarian (2018)

Ecclesiastical Province: Perth

Neighbouring Dioceses: Perth (↑)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

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

Phone: +61 8 9721 0500

Website: Link

History

Special Churches

All Churches (50)

Perth (↑)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2001.06.11 – ...):Bishop Gerard Joseph Holohan (73)Bishop Gerard Joseph Holohan (73)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bunbury (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gerard Joseph Holohan (73)Bishop Gerard Joseph Holohan (73)Permalink
(2001.06.11 – ...)

Bishop 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

Bishop of Bunbury (Australia) (2001.06.11 – ...)

Bishop Peter QuinnPermalink
(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 McKeonPermalink
(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)Permalink
(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)

as of 2021.06.22

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