The following is a list of bishops of the Catholic Church in Australia. The Australian Catholic Church comprises seven archdioceses and 32 dioceses including six dioceses which cover the whole country: one each for those who belong to the Chaldean, Maronite, Melkite, Syro-Malabar and Ukrainian rites and one for those serving in the Australian Defence Forces. There is also a personal ordinariate for former Anglicans which has a similar status to a diocese. The church in Australia has five provinces: Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.
Each diocese is divided into an ecclesiastical province. Each province has a metropolitan archdiocese led by an archbishop, and at least one suffragan diocese.
The Chaldean, Maronite, Melkite, Syro-Malabar and Ukrainian rites are governed by an eparchy, an ecclesiastical unit in Eastern Christianity, that is equivalent to a diocese. All eparchies in Australia are immediately subject to the Holy See with the exception of the Ukrainian Eparchy of Ss Peter and Paul which falls under the authority of the Archdiocese of Melbourne, as a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne.
Latin Church bishops
EcclesiasticalProvince Map Diocese Diocese's Coatof Arms Bishop Title Bishop's Coatof Arms Ecclesiastical Province of Adelaide Archdiocese of Adelaide Patrick O'ReganArchbishop of Adelaide Diocese of Darwin Charles GauciBishop of Darwin Diocese of Port PirieKarol KulczyckiBishop of Port Pirie Ecclesiastical Province of Brisbane Archdiocese of Brisbane Shane MackinlayArchbishop of BrisbaneDiocese of CairnsJoseph CaddyBishop of CairnsDiocese of Rockhampton Daniel MeagherBishop of Rockhampton Diocese of Toowoomba Kenneth HowellBishop of ToowoombaDiocese of TownsvilleTimothy HarrisBishop of Townsville Ecclesiastical Province of Melbourne Archdiocese of Melbourne Peter ComensoliArchbishop of MelbourneMartin AsheAuxiliary Bishop of MelbourneThinh Xuan NguyenAuxiliary Bishop of MelbourneDiocese of Ballarat Mark FreemanBishop of Ballarat Diocese of Sale Gregory BennetBishop of SaleDiocese of SandhurstRene Ramirez RCJBishop of Sandhurst Ecclesiastical Province of Perth Archdiocese of PerthTimothy CostelloeArchbishop of PerthDonald Sproxton Auxiliary Bishop of PerthNelson Po Auxiliary Bishop of PerthDiocese of BroomeTim NortonBishop of BroomeDiocese of Bunbury George KołodziejBishop of Bunbury Diocese of GeraldtonMichael MorrisseyBishop of Geraldton Ecclesiastical Province of Sydney Archdiocese of Sydney Anthony FisherArchbishop of SydneyRichard Umbers Auxiliary Bishop of SydneyAnthony Percy Auxiliary Bishop of SydneyDiocese of ArmidalePeter MurphyBishop of ArmidaleDiocese of BathurstMichael McKennaBishop of Bathurst Diocese of Broken BaySede vacanteBishop of Broken BayDiocese of LismoreGregory HomemingBishop of LismoreDiocese of Maitland-NewcastleMichael KennedyBishop of Maitland-NewcastleDiocese of ParramattaVincent Long Van NguyenBishop of ParramattaDiocese of Wagga WaggaMark EdwardsBishop of Wagga WaggaDiocese of Wilcannia-ForbesColumba Macbeth-GreenBishop of Wilcannia-ForbesDiocese of WollongongBrian MascordBishop of Wollongong
Immediately subject to the Holy See The following dioceses do not fall directly under an Ecclesiastical Province, although they may be associated with one, but are immediately subject to the Holy See. Diocese Map Diocese Diocese Coatof Arms Bishop Title Bishop's Coatof Arms Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Archdiocese of Canberra and GoulburnChristopher ProwseArchbishop of Canberra and Goulburn Archdiocese of Hobart Archdiocese of Hobart Anthony IrelandArchbishop of Hobart Diocese of the Australian Military Services Catholic Diocese of the Australian Military Services Stuart Russell HallBishop of the Military Ordinariate of Australia Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross Sede VacanteOrdinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross
Bishops emeriti
ProvinceBishop Title Diocese Adelaide Eugene Hurley bishop emeritusDiocese of Darwin Gregory O'Kelly bishop emeritus Diocese of Port Pirie Brisbane Mark Coleridge archbishop emeritus Archdiocese of Brisbane Brian Finnigan auxiliary bishop emeritus Archdiocese of Brisbane Joseph Oudeman auxiliary bishop emeritus Archdiocese of BrisbaneJames Foley bishop emeritusDiocese of CairnsMichael McCarthy bishop emeritus Diocese of RockhamptonBrian Heenan bishop emeritus Diocese of RockhamptonWilliam Morris bishop emeritus Diocese of ToowoombaRobert McGuckin bishop emeritus Diocese of Toowoomba MelbourneDenis Hart archbishop emeritus Archdiocese of Melbourne Terence Curtin auxiliary bishop emeritusArchdiocese of MelbournePeter Connors bishop emeritus Diocese of BallaratLeslie Tomlinson bishop emeritusDiocese of Sandhurst Perth Barry Hickey archbishop emeritusArchdiocese of PerthChristopher Saunders bishop emeritusDiocese of BroomeGerard Holohan bishop emeritusDiocese of BunburyJustin Bianchini bishop emeritusDiocese of Geraldton SydneyDavid Cremin auxiliary bishop emeritusArchdiocese of SydneyTerence Brady auxiliary bishop emeritusArchdiocese of SydneyDavid Walker bishop emeritusDiocese of Broken BayGeoffrey Jarrett bishop emeritus Diocese of LismoreMichael Malone bishop emeritusDiocese of Maitland-NewcastleGerard Hanna bishop emeritusDiocese of Wagga Wagga HobartJulian Porteous archbishop emeritus Archdiocese of HobartAdrian Doyle archbishop emeritus Archdiocese of Hobart Military OrdinariateMax Davis bishop emeritusDiocese of the Australian Military Services Personal OrdinariateHarry Entwistle ordinary emeritusPersonal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern CrossCarl Reidordinary emeritusPersonal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross
Eastern Catholic Eparchs
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne
The Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of Melbourne is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archbishop of Melbourne, a Latin Church territory.
Metropolia Metropolia Map EparchyBishopTitleBishop Coatof Arms Melbourne Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of MelbourneMykola Bychokeparchial bishop
Eastern Catholic eparchs whose eparchies are immediately subject to the Holy See
The other Eastern Catholic Churches with eparchies (dioceses) or exarchates established in Australia are not grouped into provinces although may be associated with them. All are immediately subject to the Holy See, with limited oversight by the head of their respective sui iuris churches.
Church Metropolia Map EparchyBishopTitleBishop Coatof Arms Chaldean Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of SydneySede vacanteEparchMelkite GreekMelkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint Michael Archangel in SydneyRobert RabbatEparchMaroniteMaronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of SydneyAntoine-Charbel TarabayEparchSyro-MalabarSyro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of MelbourneJohn PanamthottathilEparch
Eparchs emeriti Eparchs/BishopsTitleEparchyBosco Puthurbishop emeritusSyro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of MelbourneJibrael Kassabeparch emeritusChaldean Catholic Eparchy of Saint Thomas the Apostle of SydneyIssam Darwisheparch emeritusMelkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint Michael Archangel in SydneyAd Abikarameparch emeritusMaronite Catholic Eparchy of Saint Maron of Sydney
Australian bishops serving outside Australia Bernard Cyril O'Grady, Bishop Emeritus of Gizo, Solomon Islands Douglas William Young, Archbishop of Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
Bishops serving in Vatican City Anthony Randazzo, Prefect of the Dicastery for Legislative Texts
Non-Australian bishops serving in Australia Charles Balvo, Apostolic Nunciature to Australia
Non-Australian bishops who have previously served in Australia Paul III Nona, Chaldean Catholic Patriarchate of Baghdad, formerly Archbishop of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Sydney from 2015 to 2026
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