Continent: Oceania
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Diocese
Name: Cairns / Cairnen(sis) (Latin)
Ecclesiastical Province: Brisbane
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Bishop: | vacant |
Bishops of Cairns (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop emeritus of Cairns (Australia)
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Bishop John Alexius Bathersby (later Archbishop)
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Bishop John Ahern Torpie
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Bishop Thomas Vincent Cahill (later Archbishop)
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Bishop John Heavey, O.E.S.A.
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Vicars Apostolic of Cooktown (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop John Heavey, O.E.S.A. (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop James Dominic Murray, O.E.S.A.
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Bishop John Hutchinson, O.E.S.A.
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Vicars Apostolic of Queensland (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Paul Fortini
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Bishop-elect John Cani
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Area: 380,748 km²
Population: 70,535 Catholics (24.0% of 293,700 total) (2020)
Statistics: 23 parishes, 2 missions, 21 priests (14 diocesan, 7 religious), 7 deacons, 32 lay religious (13 brothers, 19 sisters) (2020)
Last updated on 2023.01.27
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