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Diocese of Townsville

Dioecesis Tovnsvillensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Timothy James Harris, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 12 February 1930
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Brisbane
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Australia
  • Square Kilometers: 434,000 (167,632 Square Miles)
  • Description: From Townsville on the Coast, to the Whitsunday and Burdekin regions in the South and North to Ingham and Halifax, south-west to Winton, and west to the border with the Northern Territory, encompassing Mount Isa and several small, isolated western towns and east to Palm Island
  • Official Web Site: https://www.tsv.catholic.org.au
  • Mailing Address: The Catholic Diocesan Centre, P.O. Box 6149 MSO, 270 Stanley Street, Townsville, QLD 4810, Australia
  • Telephone: (07)472.63.200

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
12 February 1930ErectedDiocese of Rockhampton (From Townsville on the Coast, to the Whitsunday and Burdekin regions in the South and North to Ingham and Halifax, south-west to Winton, and west to the border with the Northern Territory, with Mount Isa and several western towns and east to Palm Island) Diocese of Townsville (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
195028,337115,00024.6%459545241516524ap1951
196644,000190,00023.2%5414686475421036ap1967
197052,000170,00030.6%4811598815921034ap1971
198060,437181,00033.4%4013531,14015315929ap1981
199060,022217,94327.5%337401,50022812929ap1991
199960,477234,85425.8%307371,6342309330ap2000
200065,924234,85428.1%286341,9382299230ap2001
200166,610237,38728.1%254292,296278628ap2002
200266,610237,38728.1%234272,4671207627ap2003
200374,084252,28929.4%205252,9631137427ap2004
200474,084252,28929.4%224262,8491127627ap2005
201075,600263,00028.7%246302,520146326ap2011
201481,700283,60028.8%186243,404155026ap2015
201785,300296,00028.8%216273,159134027ap2018
202079,133289,20227.4%159243,297154327ap2021

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 22, Page 312, to Page 315

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