Diocese of Wilcannia–Forbes, Australia

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Wilcannia–Forbes / Vilcannien(sis)–Forbesin(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Sydney

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1887.05.10: Established as Diocese of Wilcannia / Vilcannien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Armidale, Diocese of Bathurst and Diocese of Goulburn and became suffragan of Sydney)
1917.07.28: Renamed as Diocese of Wilcannia–Forbes / Vilcannien(sis)–Forbesin(us) (Latin) (gained territory from Diocese of Bathurst)

Contact Info

Address: 15 Johnson St., PO Box 775, Forbes, NSW 2871, Australia

Phone: +61 2 6853 9340

Tweets

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.04.12 – ...):

Bishop Columba Macbeth Green, O.S.P.P.E. (55)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Wilcannia–Forbes (Roman Rite)

Bishop Columba Macbeth Green, O.S.P.P.E. (55)
(2014.04.12 – ...)

Bishop of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia)

Ne timeas tecum ego sum

Born:	1968.06.30 (Forbes, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1997.11.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.07.03

Bishop of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia) (2014.04.12 – ...)

Bishop Michael Robert Kennedy (55)
(Apostolic Administrator 2012.12.01 – 2014.04.12)

Bishop Kevin Michael Manning (90)
(Apostolic Administrator 2010.12.30 – 2012.12.01)

Bishop Terence John Gerard Brady (76)
(Apostolic Administrator 2009.06.09 – 2010.12.30)

Bishop Christopher Henry Toohey (71)
(2001.07.09 – 2009.06.09)

Bishop emeritus of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia)

Duc in altum

Born:	1952.04.19 (Balmain, New South Wales, Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1982.08.21
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.08.30

Priest of Sydney (Australia) (1982.08.21 – 2001.07.09)

Bishop of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia) (2001.07.09 – 2009.06.09)

Bishop Barry Francis Collins
(1994.03.30 – 2000.11.15)

Gaudium et spes

Born:	1938.11.10 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1961.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.06.03
Died:	2000.11.15 († 62)

Bishop of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia) (1994.03.30 – 2000.11.15)

Bishop Douglas Joseph Warren
(1967.09.26 – 1994.03.30)

Born:	1919.03.21 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1942.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.07.27
Died:	2013.02.06 († 93)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ novæ in Numidia (1964.06.16 – 1967.09.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia) (1964.06.16 – 1967.09.26)

Bishop of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia) (1967.09.26 – 1994.03.30)

Bishop Thomas Martin Fox
(1931.06.09 – 1967.07.10)

Born:	1891.05.06 (Australia)
Ordained Priest:	1917.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1931.09.20
Died:	1967.07.10 († 76)

Bishop of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia) (1931.06.09 – 1967.07.10)

Bishop William Hayden (later Archbishop)
(1918.03.13 – 1930.02.11)

In omnibus caritas

Born:	1867.03.15 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1891.10.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1918.09.08
Died:	1936.10.02 († 69)

Bishop of Wilcannia–Forbes (Australia) (1918.03.13 – 1930.02.11)

Archbishop of Hobart (Australia) (1930.02.11 – 1936.10.02)

Bishops of Wilcannia (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Dunne
(1887.05.13 – 1916.12.29)

Born:	1846.01.21 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1870.10.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1887.08.14
Died:	1916.12.29 († 70)

Bishop of Wilcannia (Australia) (1887.05.13 – 1916.12.29)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Douglas Joseph Warren (1964.06.16 – 1967.09.26)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Sacred Heart Cathedral, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (41)

Port Pirie (←), Toowoomba (↗), Armidale (→), Bathurst (→), Canberra and Goulburn (↘), Wagga Wagga (↘), Sandhurst (↘), Ballarat (↓)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 414,398 km²

Population: 37,000 Catholics (30.3% of 122,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 24 parishes

Personnel: 17 priests (15 diocesan, 2 religious), 10 religious (2 brothers, 8 sisters), 2 seminarians