Diocese of Saint Michael’s of Sydney, Australia (Greek-Melkite Rite)

Continent: Oceania

Rite: Greek-Melkite (Byzantine)

Name: Saint Michael’s of Sydney / Sancti Michaëlis Sydneyen(sis) Græcorum Melkitarum (Latin)

Immediately Subject to the Patriarch

Bishop (2011.06.15 – ...):

Bishop Robert Rabbat (62)

Bishops of Saint Michael’s of Sydney (Greek-Melkite Rite)

Bishop Robert Rabbat (62)
(2011.06.15 – ...)

Bishop of Saint Michael’s of Sydney of the Greek-Melkites (Australia)

Bishop of Saint Michael’s of Sydney of the Greek-Melkites (Australia) (2011.06.15 – ...)

Bishop Issam John Darwish, B.S. (77) (later Archbishop)
(1995.08.04 – 2011.06.15)

Bishop of Saint Michael’s of Sydney of the Greek-Melkites (Australia) (1995.08.04 – 2011.06.15)

Archbishop of Zahleh–Furzol of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (2011.06.15 – 2021.06.26)

Bishop George Riashi, B.C. (later Archbishop)
(1987.03.26 – 1995.07.28)

Bishop of Saint Michael’s of Sydney of the Greek-Melkites (Australia) (1987.03.26 – 1995.07.28)

Archbishop of Tripoli of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon) (1995.07.28 – 2010.03.03)

Address: 80 Waterloo St., PO Box 620, Greenacre, NSW 2190, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9758 0222

Website:

Population: 52,700 Catholics (2020)

Statistics: 13 parishes, 9 priests (diocesan), 9 deacons, 1 seminarian (2020)

1987.03.26: Established as Diocese of Saint Michael’s of Sydney / Sancti Michaëlis Sydneyen(sis) Græcorum Melkitarum (Latin) (without ecclesiastical province)

Greek-Melkite Diocese of