The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Brisbane is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Australia centred in Brisbane and covering the south east region of Queensland, Australia.

Part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Brisbane, the region covered was initially administered by the Archdiocese of Sydney. In 1859 the Diocese of Brisbane was erected, and elevated as an archdiocese in 1887. The archdiocese is the metropolitan of the suffragan dioceses of Cairns, Rockhampton, Toowoomba and Townsville.

The Cathedral of St Stephen is the seat of the Archbishop of Brisbane. On 12 May 2012, Mark Coleridge was installed as the sixth Archbishop of Brisbane, the seventh Bishop of Brisbane. On 11 September 2025, Shane Mackinlay was installed as the seventh Archbishop of Brisbane, the eighth Bishop of Brisbane.

Mary MacKillop is the patroness saint of the Archdiocese of Brisbane.

History The Diocese of Brisbane was established in 1859, with responsibility for the entire state of Queensland. Prior to its establishment, Queensland was part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney.

On 27 January 1877, Pope Pius IX excised the northern part of the Diocese of Brisbane from Cape Hinchinbrook and then west to the border with South Australia (now the Northern Territory) to create the Vicariate Apostolic of Queensland (later the Diocese of Cairns).

On 29 December 1882, the Diocese of Rockhampton was excised from the Archdiocese of Brisbane. The new Rockhampton diocese had responsibility for northern Queensland while the Brisbane archdiocese retained responsibility for southern Queensland.

In 1929, the Diocese of Toowoomba was excised from the Archdiocese of Brisbane.

Bishops Ordinaries The following people have been appointed as archbishops of Brisbane or any of its precursor titles: {| class="wikitable" !Order !Name !Title !Date enthroned !Reign ended !Term of office !Reason for term end |- |align="center"| ||James Quinn † ||Bishop of Brisbane ||align="center" |14 April 1859 ||align="center" |18 August 1881 ||align="right"| ||Died in office |- |rowspan=2 align="center"| ||rowspan=2 |Robert Dunne † ||Bishop of Brisbane ||align="center" |3 January 1882 ||align="center" |10 May 1887 ||align="right"| ||Elevated as Archbishop of Brisbane |- |Archbishop of Brisbane ||align="center" |10 May 1887 ||align="center" |13 January 1917 ||align="right"| ||Died in office |- |rowspan=2 align="center"| ||rowspan=2 |James Duhig † ||Coadjutor Archbishop of Brisbane ||align="center" |27 February 1912 ||align="center" |13 January 1917 ||align="right"| ||Succeeded as Archbishop of Brisbane |- |Archbishop of Brisbane ||align="center" |13 January 1917 ||align="center" |10 April 1965 ||align="right"| ||Died in office |- |rowspan=2 align="center"| ||rowspan=2 |Patrick Mary O'Donnell † ||Coadjutor Archbishop of Brisbane ||align="center" |8 November 1948 ||align="center" |10 April 1965 ||align="right"| ||Succeeded as Archbishop of Brisbane |- |Archbishop of Brisbane ||align="center" |10 April 1965 ||align="center" |5 March 1973 ||align="right"| ||Retired and titled Archbishop Emeritus of Brisbane |- |align="center"| ||Francis Roberts Rush † ||Archbishop of Brisbane ||align="center" |5 March 1973 ||align="center" |3 December 1991 ||align="right"| ||Retired and titled Archbishop Emeritus of Brisbane |- |align="center"| ||John Bathersby † ||Archbishop of Brisbane ||align="center" |3 December 1991 ||align="center" |14 November 2011 ||align="right"| ||Retired and titled Archbishop Emeritus of Brisbane |- |align="center"| ||Mark Coleridge ||Archbishop of Brisbane ||align="center" |11 May 2012 ||align="center" |11 September 2025||align="right"| ||Retired and titled Archbishop Emeritus of Brisbane |- | align="center" |8 |Shane Mackinlay |Archbishop of Brisbane | align="center" |11 September 2025 | align="center" | | align="right" |

Coadjutors are included in the table above.

Auxiliary bishops Current None, Position vacant Former Henry Joseph Kennedy † (1967–1971), appointed Bishop of Armidale John Joseph Gerry † (1975–2003) Eugene James Cuskelly MSC † (1982–1996) Michael Ernest Putney † (1995–2001), appointed Bishop of Townsville Brian Vincent Finnigan (2002–2015) Joseph John Oudeman OFMCap (2002–2017) Kenneth Howell (2017–2023), appointed Bishop of Toowoomba Tim Norton SVD (2022–2024), appointed Bishop of Broome

Other priests of the diocese who became bishops James Byrne †, appointed Bishop of Toowoomba in 1929 Andrew Gerard Tynan †, appointed Bishop of Rockhampton in 1946 Edward John Doody †, appointed Bishop of Armidale in 1948 John Ahern Torpie †, appointed Bishop of Cairns in 1967 Brian Heenan, appointed Bishop of Rockhampton in 1991 James Foley, appointed Bishop of Cairns in 1992 William Martin Morris, appointed Bishop of Toowoomba in 1992 Michael Fabian McCarthy, appointed Bishop of Rockhampton in 2014 Anthony Randazzo, appointed an Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney in 2016 Timothy James Harris, appointed Bishop of Townsville in 2017

Cathedral

The gothic revival cathedral is located on a site bounded by Elizabeth, Charlotte and Edward Streets, in the Australian city of Brisbane. Built between 1864 and 1922, with extensions made in 1989, the cathedral was established with James Quinn as its first bishop. Quinn planned to construct a large cathedral to accommodate a growing congregation. On 26 December 1863, the Feast of Saint Stephen, Quinn laid the foundation stone for a grand cathedral designed by Benjamin Backhouse. Backhouse's original design was changed and downsized numerous times over the course of the cathedral's completion, mainly for economic reasons.

In 1927, there was a plan to replace St Stephen's with a new Holy Name Cathedral to be built in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. However, funding was only sufficient to build the crypt. Eventually the project was abandoned, the crypt demolished and the land sold.

Parishes

Acacia Ridge – Our Lady of Fatima Albany Creek – All Saints Alexandra Hills – St Anthony Annerley Ekibin Catholic Parish Ashgrove – St Finbarr (Jubilee Catholic Parish) Aspley – Our Lady & St Dympna Auchenflower – St Ignatius Banyo Nundah Parish Bardon – St Mary Magdalen (Jubilee Catholic Parish) Beaudesert – St Mary's Beenleigh – St Patrick Birkdale – St Mary Mackillop Boonah – All Saints Booval – Sacred Heart Bowen Hills – Our Lady of Victories Bracken Ridge – St Joseph & St Anthony Bray Park – Holy Spirit Brisbane – Cathedral of St Stephen Browns Plains – St Bernardine Bulimba – St Peter and Paul Buranda – St Luke Burleigh Heads – Infant Saviour Burpengary – St Eugene de Mazenod Caboolture – St Peter Caloundra – Our Lady of the Rosary Camp Hill – St Thomas Cannon Hill – St Oliver Plunkett Capalaba – St Lukes Carina – Our Lady of Graces Chermside West – St Gerard Majella Childers – Sacred Heart Clayfield – St Agatha Cleveland – Star of the Sea Coolangatta – St Augustine's Coomera – St Mary's Catholic Community Coorparoo – Our Lady of Mt Carmel Coorparoo – St James Parish Coorparoo Heights – Regina Caeli Corinda – Graceville Parish Daisy Hill – St Edward the Confessor Darra Jindalee – Our Lady of the Sacred Heart / Twelve Apostles Dorrington – St Michael's Dutton Park – St Ita Enoggera – St John the Baptist Esk – St Mel Everton Park – Immaculate Conception Gatton – St Mary's Gayndah – St Joseph Geebung – St Kevin's Goodna – St Francis Xavier Gordon Park – St Carthage Greenslopes – St Maroun's Grovely – St William's Gympie – St Patrick's Hamilton – St Cecilia's Hendra – Our Lady Help of Christians Herston – St Joan of Arc (Jubilee Catholic Parish) Hervey Bay City Parish Holland Park – Mt Gravatt Inala – St Mark's Indooroopilly – Holy Family Ipswich – St Mary's Kangaroo Point – East Brisbane – St Joseph's Kedron – St Therese – The Little Flower Kenmore – Our Lady of the Rosary Kingaroy – St Mary's Kingston – Marsden – St Maximilian Kolbe Laidley – St Patrick's Leichhardt – Immaculate Heart of Mary Loganholme – St Matthew's Lutwyche Parish Manly – St John Vianney Maroochydore – Stella Maris Maryborough – St Mary's Mitchelton – Our Lady of Dolours Moorooka Salisbury Murgon – St Joseph's Nambour – St Joseph's Nanango – Our Lady Help of Christians Nerang – St Brigid's New Farm – Holy Spirit Newmarket – St Ambrose (Jubilee Catholic Parish) Noosa District – Our Lady of Perpetual Succour North Ipswich – St Joseph North Lakes/Mango Hill - St Benedict's Petrie – Our Lady of the Way Pine Rivers – Holy Spirit Red Hill – St Brigid (Jubilee Catholic Parish) Redcliffe – Holy Cross Rochedale – St Peter's Rosalie – Sacred Heart (Jubilee Catholic Parish) Rosewood – St Brigid's Runaway Bay – Holy Family Sandgate – Brighton Parish South Brisbane – St Mary's South Brisbane – St Clements Southport – Mary Immaculate Springfield – Our Lady of the Southern Cross St John's Wood – The Gap Parish St Lucia – St Thomas Aquinas Stafford – Our Lady Queen of Apostles Stanley River Parish Sunnybank – Our Lady of Lourdes Surfers Paradise Parish Toowong – St Ignatius Upper Mt Gravatt – Wishart Parish Victoria Point – St Rita Wavell Heights – St Paschal Wilston – St Columba Woodridge – St Paul's Woolloongabba – Protection of the Mother of God Wynnum – Guardian Angels Yeronga – St Sebastian Zillmere – St Flannan's

Economic contribution The archdiocese contributes around $2.5 billion to the economy through its schools and other institutions, providing employment to 22,000 people.

The archdiocese manages 98 parishes and 144 Catholic schools. It also provides services to 12,992 aged care and disability clients, support for 8362 seniors to live at home, support to 23,000 victims of domestic violence and help for 4,000 people with mental illness.

See also

Roman Catholicism in Australia

References

External links Official website Catholic Education, Archdiocese of Brisbane