Diocese of

Lismore

Australia

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

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

Ecclesiastical Province: Sydney

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1887.05.05: Established as Diocese of Grafton (English) / Graftonien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Armidale, gained territory from Diocese of Maitland and became suffragan of Sydney)
1900.06.13: Renamed as Diocese of Lismore (English) / Lismoren(sis) (Latin)
1966: Gained territory from Diocese of Maitland

Contact Info

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

Phone: +61 2 6622 0407

Present Prelates

Bishop (2016.12.20 – ...):

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

Ordinaries

Bishops of Lismore (Roman Rite)

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 (86)
(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

Priest of Hobart (Australia) (1970.05.14 – 2000.12.09)

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)

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

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Geoffrey Hilton Jarrett (86) (2000.12.09 – 2001.12.01)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop John Steven Satterthwaite (1969.03.06 – 1971.09.01)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Patrick Joseph Farrelly (1931.05.01 – 1949.05.08)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St Carthage’s Cathedral, Lismore, New South Wales
Former Cathedral: Church of St Mary, Grafton, New South Wales

Churches by City (71)

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

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 28,660 km²

Population: 109,250 Catholics (20.8% of 524,440 total)

Pastoral Centres: 22 parishes

Personnel: 56 priests (42 diocesan, 14 religious), 2 deacons, 97 religious (20 brothers, 77 sisters), 1 seminarian

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.04.14

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