Diocese of Rockhampton, Australia

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Rockhampton / Rockhamptonien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Brisbane

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1882.12.29: Established as Diocese of Rockhampton / Rockhamptonien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Brisbane and became suffragan of Sydney)
1887.05.10: Became suffragan of Brisbane
1929.05.28: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brisbane
1930.02.12: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Townsville

Contact Info

Address: 170 William Street, PO Box 611, Rockhampton, Queensland 4700, Australia

Phone: +61 7 4931 3673

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.03.10 – ...):

Bishop Michael Fabian McCarthy (73)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Rockhampton (Roman Rite)

Bishop Michael Fabian McCarthy (73)
(2014.03.10 – ...)

Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia)

Gloriari in cruce

Born:	1950.09.13 (Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1978.08.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.05.29

Priest of Brisbane (Australia) (1978.08.19 – 2014.03.10)

Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia) (2014.03.10 – ...)

Bishop Brian Heenan (86)
(1991.07.23 – 2013.10.01)

Bishop emeritus of Rockhampton (Australia)

Where there is God there is love

Born:	1937.08.04 (Ashgrove, Queensland, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1962.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.09.25

Priest of Brisbane (Australia) (1962.06.29 – 1991.07.23)

Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia) (1991.07.23 – 2013.10.01)

Bishop Bernard Joseph Wallace
(1974.01.24 – 1990.05.08)

Born:	1919.01.21 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1942.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.04.23
Died:	1990.11.08 († 71)

Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia) (1974.01.24 – 1990.05.08)

Bishop Francis Roberts Rush (later Archbishop)
(1960.11.07 – 1973.03.05)

Mihi vivere Christus

Born:	1916.09.11 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1939.03.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.02.08
Died:	2001.07.21 († 84)

Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia) (1960.11.07 – 1973.03.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia) (1973.03.05 – 1991.12.03)

President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (1983 – 1986)

Bishop Andrew Gerard Tynan
(1946.03.31 – 1960.06.03)

Born:	1907.11.25 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1931.03.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.06.20
Died:	1960.06.03 († 52)

Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia) (1946.03.31 – 1960.06.03)

Bishop Romuald Denis Hayes
(1932.01.12 – 1945.10.25)

Born:	1892.01.29 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1917.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1932.04.03
Died:	1945.10.25 († 53)

Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia) (1932.01.12 – 1945.10.25)

Bishop Joseph Shiel
(1912.08.19 – 1931.04.07)

Born:	1872.02.17 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1898.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1913.01.26
Died:	1931.04.07 († 59)

Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia) (1912.08.19 – 1931.04.07)

Bishop James Duhig (later Archbishop)
(1905.09.16 – 1912.02.27)

Born:	1871.09.02 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1896.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1905.12.10
Died:	1965.04.10 († 93)

Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia) (1905.09.16 – 1912.02.27)

Titular Archbishop of Amida (1912.02.27 – 1917.01.13)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia) (1912.02.27 – 1917.01.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brisbane (Australia) (1917.01.13 – 1965.04.10)

Bishop Joseph Higgins
(1899.09.21 – 1905.03.03)

Born:	1838.01.13 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1863.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1889.03.31
Died:	1915.09.16 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Antiphellus (1888.09.18 – 1899.09.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney (Australia) (1888.09.18 – 1899.09.21)

Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia) (1899.09.21 – 1905.03.03)

Bishop of Ballarat (Australia) (1905.03.03 – 1915.09.16)

Bishop John Cani
(1882.01.03 – 1898.03.03)

Born:	1836.12.22 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1857
Consecrated Bishop:	1882.05.21
Died:	1898.03.03 († 61)

Vicar Apostolic of Queensland (Australia) (1877 – 1882.01.03)

Bishop of Rockhampton (Australia) (1882.01.03 – 1898.03.03)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St Joseph, Rockhampton, Queensland

Churches by City (77)

Darwin (←), Townsville (↖), Brisbane (↓), Toowoomba (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 415,000 km²

Population: 117,230 Catholics (24.8% of 473,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 31 parishes

Personnel: 37 priests (30 diocesan, 7 religious), 76 religious (10 brothers, 66 sisters), 2 seminarians