The Diocese of Bunbury 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 Perth. The diocese covers the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia.

History The Diocese of Bunbury was established in 12 November 1954 by Pope Pius XII, taking land from an area previously administered by the Archdiocese of Perth. Bishop Launcelot John Goody was appointed the first bishop of the new diocese. Bishop Goody served the Diocese of Bunbury for 14 years, before being appointed Archbishop of Perth in 1968.

Ordinaries The following men have been Bishop of Bunbury: {| class="wikitable" !Order !Name !Date enthroned !Reign ended !Term of office !Reason for term end |- |align="center"| ||Lancelot Goody † ||align="center"|12 November 1954 ||align="center"|18 October 1968 ||align="right"| ||Elevated as Archbishop of Perth |- |align="center"| ||Myles McKeon † ||align="center"|6 March 1969 ||align="center"|18 February 1982 ||align="right"| ||Resigned and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury |- |align="center"| ||Peter Quinn † ||align="center"|26 May 1982 ||align="center"|20 December 2000 ||align="right"| ||Resigned and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury |- |align="center"| ||Gerard Joseph Holohan ||align="center"| 5 September 2001 ||align="center"|30 June 2023 || align="right" ||| Resigned and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury |- |align="center"| ||George Kołodziej SDS ||align="center"| 20 March 2025 || align="center" | Incumbent|| align="right" | ||

Parishes The diocese is divided into three separate deaneries that administer individual parishes: Great Southern deanery with regular liturgical services held in the parishes of Albany (St Joseph), Denmark (St Mary), Esperance (Star of the Sea), Katanning (St Patrick), Kojonup (St Bernard), Lake Grace (Maria Regina), Mount Barker (Sacred Heart), Narrogin (St Matthew), and Wagin (St Joseph) Lower South West deanery with regular liturgical services held in the parishes of Boyup Brook (St Mary), Bridgetown (St Brigid), Busselton (St Joseph and Our Lady of the Bay), Donnybrook (St Mary), Dunsborough (Our Lady of the Southern Cross), Manjimup (St Joseph), Margaret River (St Thomas More), and Pemberton (Sacred Heart) South West deanery with regular liturgical services held in the parishes of Bunbury (Cathedral Parish of St Patrick), Brunswick Junction (Our Lady's Assumption), Collie (St Brigid), Dardanup (The Immaculate Conception), Dawesville (St Damien), Harvey (Our Lady of Immaculate Conception), Australind (Church of the Living Vine), Mandurah (Our Lady's Assumption), Pinjarra (St Augustine), and Waroona (St Patrick)

Controversy

In 2003 Adrian Richard Van Klooster, a Catholic priest, pleaded guilty to four counts of indecently dealing with children under the age of 13 and was found with child pornography on his computer.

See also

Catholic Church in Australia

References

External links Catholic Diocese of Bunbury