Continent: Oceania
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan 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
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: September 2 (1928)
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Address: Level 16 Polding Centre, 133 Liverpool Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
Phone: +61 2 9390 5100
Metropolitan Archbishop (2014.09.18 – ...): | ![]() Vice-President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference |
Auxiliary Bishop (2016.06.24 – ...): | ![]() Titular Bishop of Thala |
Auxiliary Bishop (2021.11.18 – ...): | ![]() Titular Bishop of Pocofeltus |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Sydney (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney (Australia) Veritatem facientes in caritate
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Cardinal George Pell
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Cardinal Edward Bede Clancy
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Cardinal James Darcy Freeman
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Cardinal Norman Thomas Gilroy
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Archbishop Michael Kelly
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Cardinal Francis Patrick Moran
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Archbishop Roger William Bede Vaughan, O.S.B. Simplices sicut pueri sagaces sicut serpentes
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Archbishop John Bede Polding, O.S.B.
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Vicars Apostolic of Sydney (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Bishop John Bede Polding, O.S.B. (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||||
Vicars Apostolic of New Holland and Van Diemen’s Land (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||||
Bishop John Bede Polding, O.S.B. (later Archbishop) (see above) |
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
Last updated on 2023.11.30
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