Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Townsville
Roman Catholic Diocese of Townsville
Latin Catholic diocese in Australia
The Diocese of Townsville is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Australia. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Brisbane. Erected in 1930, the Diocese of Townsville covers North Queensland. It was assembled from territory separated from the Diocese of Rockhampton.
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Diocese of Townsville Dioecesis Tovnsvillensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Territory | North Queensland |
| Ecclesiastical province | Brisbane |
| Coordinates | 19°15′32″S 146°48′42″E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 435,200 km2 (168,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 252,289 74,084 ( 29.4%%) |
| Parishes |  27 |
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| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 12 February 1930 |
| Cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral, Townsville |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Tim Harris |
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The following men have been Bishops of Townsville:[1]
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| Order | Name | Date enthroned | Reign ended | Term of office | Reason for term end |
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| 1 | Terence Bernard McGuire † | 12 February 1930 | 14 June 1938 | 8 years, 122 days | Appointed Bishop of Goulburn |
| 2 | Hugh Edward Ryan † | 13 July 1938 | 14 September 1967 | 29 years, 63 days | Retired and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Townsville |
| 3 | Leonard Anthony Faulkner † | 14 September 1967 | 2 September 1983 | 15 years, 353 days | Elevated as Coadjutor Archbishop of Adelaide |
| 4 | Raymond Conway Benjamin † | 14 February 1984 | 18 April 2000 | 16 years, 64 days | Retired and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Townsville |
| 5 | Michael Ernest Putney † | 24 January 2001 | 28 March 2014 | 13 years, 53 days | Died in office |
| 6 | Timothy James Harris | 3 May 2017[2] | incumbent |
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Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Francis Roberts Rush †, appointed Bishop of Rockhampton in 1960
The diocese is divided into four separate deaneries that administer individual parishes:[3]
- Townsville deanery with regular liturgical services held in Sacred Heart Cathedral, North Ward (St Joseph's), Cranbrook (Holy Spirit), Deeragun (St Anthony), Gulliver (Holy Family), Kirwan (The Good Shepherd), Magnetic Island (St Joan of Arc), Mundingburra (Blessed Mary MacKillop), Railway Estate (St Francis), South Townsville (St Patrick), West Townsville (St Mary), and Wulguru (St Joseph the Worker)
- Northern deanery with regular liturgical services held in Abergowrie (St Theresa), Halifax (St Peter), Ingham (St Patrick), and Palm Island (St Anne)
- Southern deanery with regular liturgical services held in Ayr (Sacred Heart), Bowen (St Mary), Burdekin Valley (St Joseph), Cannonvale (St Martin), Collinsville (Our Lady of Lourdes), Giru (St Joseph), Home Hill (St Colman), and Proserpine (St Catherine)
- Western deanery with regular liturgical services held in Charters Towers (St Columba), Cloncurry (St Colman), Hughenden (Sacred Heart), Julia Creek (Holy Rosary), McKinlay (Our Lady of the Way), Mount Isa (Good Shepherd), Richmond (St Brigid), and Winton (St Patrick)
The Townsville Catholic Education Office operates a number of schools in the diocese:[4]
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- Sacred Heart Cathedral in Townsville
- Interior of Sacred Heart Cathedral
- "Diocese of Townsville". The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 20 February 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
- "Bishop-elect Tim Harris farewelled from his Gold Coast parish". The Catholic Leader. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- "Diocesean profile: Parishes". Diocese of Townsville. 2009. Archived from the original on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- "Considering a Catholic school for your child?" (PDF). Catholic Education in the Diocese of Townsville. Retrieved 22 February 2014.