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Diocese of Sandhurst

Dioecesis Sandhurstensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 30 March 1874
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Melbourne
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Australia
  • Square Kilometers: 45,196 (17,456 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.sandhurst.catholic.org.au/
  • Mailing Address: Sacred Heart Cathedral Presbytery, P.O. Box 201, 172 McCrae Street, Bendigo, Vic. 3552, Australia
  • Telephone: (03)54.41.25.44
  • Fax: 54.41.82.78

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
30 March 1874ErectedDiocese of Melbourne Diocese of Ballarat (erected)
Diocese of Sandhurst (erected)
30 April 1978Territory AddedDiocese of Ballarat (Inglewood) Diocese of Sandhurst

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195035,000185,00018.9%568645461025330ap1951
196660,000250,00024.0%7225976184930840ap1967
197062,450250,00025.0%7125966504931640ap1971
198079,500250,00031.8%6414781,0192923041ap1981
199080,403308,72526.0%5711681,1822113941ap1991
199987,776325,64227.0%579661,3291510641ap2000
200086,847322,23527.0%537601,4471310541ap2001
200186,938322,59926.9%487551,580119641ap2002
200286,038320,23026.9%455501,72099541ap2003
200388,776331,89426.7%445491,81197341ap2004
200491,400341,85026.7%465511,79297641ap2005
2010103,000383,00026.9%39392,64124940ap2011
201493,803358,15926.2%473501,876104841ap2015
201798,000374,10026.2%444482,041124440ap2018
202093,680367,60025.5%502521,8011102932ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 70, Page 352, and Page 353

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