This is a historical list of all bishops of the Catholic Church whose sees were within the present-day boundaries of Australia, with links to the bishops who consecrated them. It also includes Australian bishops who were ordained for sees outside of Australia.

The number references the sequence of consecration. "Diocese" refers to the diocese over which the bishop presided or, if he did not preside, the diocese in which he served as coadjutor bishop or auxiliary bishop. The Roman numeral before the diocese name represents where in the sequence that bishop falls; e.g., the fourth bishop of Sydney is written "IV Sydney". Where a diocese is in bold type it indicates that the bishop is the current bishop of that diocese. Titular sees are not listed. Under consecrators are the numbers (or letters) referencing previous bishops on the list. The number listed first represents the principal consecrator. If a series of letters is under "Consecrators", then the consecrators were bishops from outside the Australia (the list of foreign sees is at the bottom of the page). Where the letter "F" is used, it indicates that a priest who was not a bishop assisted in the consecration.

Chart of episcopal succession

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No.BishopOrderConsecratorsYearDiocese1John Bede PoldingO.S.B.AA1 AB1 AC11834I Sydney2Robert William Willson1 AD1 AE11842I Hobart3Francis Murphy1 2 F11844I Adelaide4John BradyAF1 AG1 AH11845I Perth5James Alipius GooldO.E.S.A.1 2 31848I Melbourne6Charles Henry DavisO.S.B.AI1 AH1 AE11848I Maitland7Joseph Serra y JuliáO.S.B.AF1 AK1 AL11848I Victoria, Perth (coadjutor)8Rudesindo SalvadoO.S.B.AF1 AM1 AN11849II Victoria9James QuinnAO1 5 AP11859I Brisbane10Patrick Bonaventure GeogheganO.F.M. Ref.1 2 5 1859II Adelaide, Goulburn11James MurrayAQ1 AP1 13 1865II Maitland12Matthew QuinnAQ1 AP1 13 1865I Bathurst13Daniel MurphyAR1 AS1 AT1 1846II Hobart14Laurence Bonaventure SheilO.F.M. Ref.5 13 AU1 1866III Adelaide15William Lanigan9 12 11 1867I Goulburn16Thomas Timothy O'MahonyAR2 AP1 AV1 1869I Armidale17Martín Griver y CuníAQ1 5 AW1 1870II Perth18Roger William Bede VaughanO.S.B.AX1 AY1 AZ1 1873II Sydney19Christopher Augustine Reynolds1 13 12 111873IV Adelaide20Michael O'ConnorBA1 BB1 51874I Ballarat21Martin CraneO.E.S.A.AQ1 BC1 261874I Sandhurst22Elzear Aloysius TorreggianiO.F.M. Cap.BD1 BE1 BF11879II Armidale23John Cani18 11 151882I Rockhampton24Robert Dunne18 11 151882II Brisbane25James Moore5 19 131884II Ballarat26Patrick Francis MoranAQ1 BG1 BC11872III Sydney27Stephen RevilleO.E.S.A.5 25 F21885II Sandhurst28Joseph Patrick Byrne11 15 221885II Bathurst29Matthew Gibney26 8 191887III Perth30Thomas Joseph CarrAK2 BH1 BH21883I Melbourne, I Military31John Dunne26 15 111887I Wilcannia 32 James Francis Corbett 30 13 25 1887 I Sale 33 Jeremiah Joseph Doyle 26 11 22 1887 I Lismore 34 John Hutchinson O.E.S.A. 26 11 15 1887 I Cooktown (Vicariate Apostolic) 35 John O’Reilly AP1 11 33 1888 I Port Augusta, V Adelaide 36 Joseph Higgins AQ2 BJ1 BK1 1889 Sydney (Auxiliary), II Rockhampton, III Ballarat 37 Patrick Delany 30 25 27 1893 III Hobart 38 John Gallagher 26 11 15 1895 II Goulburn 39 James Maher 32 25 27 1896 II Port Augusta 40 Patrick Vincent Dwyer 26 11 28 1897 III Maitland 41 James Dominic Murray O.E.S.A. 32 27 F3 1898 II Cooktown (Vicariate Apostolic) 42 William Bernard Kelly 32 39 31 1898 I Geraldton 43 Michael Kelly AF2 BL1 BM1 1901 IV Sydney 44 John Mary Dunne 26 33 38 1901 III Bathurst 45 Patrick Joseph O'Connor 26 33 40 1903 III Armidale 46 James Duhig 43 40 41 1905 III Brisbane 47 John Henry Norton 43 31 40 1906 II Port Augusta 48 John Joseph Carroll 26 40 45 1910 II Lismore 49 Fulgentius Antonio Torres O.S.B. BN1 BO1 BP1 1910 Kimberley (Apostolic Administrator) 50 Patrick Joseph Clune C.Ss.R. NZ1 26 37 1911 IV Perth

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No.BishopOrderConsecratorsYearDiocese 51 Daniel Mannix AO2 BQ1 BR1 1912 III Melbourne, II Military 52 Joseph Shiel 51 BJ2 BS1 1913 IV Rockhampton 53 Patrick Phelan 30 36 38 1913 II Sale 54 John Alphonsus Heavey O.S.A. BC2 BT1 BU1 1914 II Cooktown (Vicariate Apostolic), I Cairns 55 Robert William Spence O.P. 50 47 31 1914 VI Adelaide 56 Daniel Foley 30 27 51 1916 IV Ballarat 57 John McCarthy 51 52 56 1917 III Sandhurst 58 William Hayden 43 45 48 1918 II Wilcannia–Forbes, V Hobart 59 Joseph Wilfred Dwyer BV1° 38 40 1918 I Wagga Wagga 60 William Barry 43 48 58 1919 IV Hobart 61 Michael O’Farrell CM BV1° 40 48 1920 IV Bathurst 62 Michael Sheehan AQ1 BR1 BW1 1922 Sydney (Coadjutor) 63 Ernesto Coppo S.D.B. BX1 BY1 BZ1 1922 I Kimberley (Vicariate Apostolic) 64 Richard Ryan C.M. 51 57 61 1923 II Geraldton, III Sale 65 Andrew Killian 55 58 59 1924 IV Port Augusta, VII Adelaide 66 John Barry 43 58 59 1924 IV Goulburn 67 John Francis Norton CA1 CB1 61 1926 V Bathurst 68 James Byrne BV1° 52 54 1929 I Toowoomba 69 John Aloysius Coleman 62 40 48 1929 IV Armidale 70 Edmund John Aloysius Gleeson C.Ss.R. 43 40 48 1929 IV Maitland 71 James Patrick O’Collins 51 48 70 1930 III Geraldton, V Ballarat 72 Terence Bernard McGuire BV1° 48 68 1930 I Townsville, IV Canberra and Goulburn 73 Patrick Joseph Farrelly BV1° 70 72 1931 III Lismore 74 Thomas Martin Fox BV1° 59 65 1931 III Wilcannia 75 Romuald Denis Hayes S.S.C. 51 69 74 1932 V Rockhampton 76 Redmond Garrett Prendiville CC1° 58 65 1933 V Perth 77 Norman Thomas Gilroy CC1° 48 72 1935 V Port Augusta, V Sydney 78 Otto Raible S.A.C. CD1 CE1 CF1 1935 II Kimberley (Vicariate Apostolic) 79 Justin Daniel Simonds CG1° 73 77 1937 VI Hobart IV Melbourne 80 Francis Augustin Henschke 65 74 77 1937 Adelaide (Auxiliary), II Wagga Wagga 81 Francis-Xavier Gsell M.S.C. CG1° 77 CH1 1938 I Darwin 82 Hugh Edward Ryan CG1° 72 77 1938 II Townsville 83 Joseph Basil Roper 51 72 82 1938 II Toowoomba 84 Thomas Absolem McCabe CG1° 48 73 1939 VI Port Augusta I Wollongong, III Military 85 Matthew Beovich CG1° 71 77 1940 VIII Adelaide 86 Alfred Joseph Gummer 77 67 71 1942 IV Geraldton 87 Ernest Victor Tweedy CG1° 70 84 1943 VII Hobart 88 Andrew Gerard Tynan CG1° 69 83 1946 VI Rockhampton 89 Bernard Denis Stewart 79 85 97 1947 IV Sandhurst 90 John Thomas Toohey 77 70 87 1948 V Maitland 91 Eris Norman Michael O’Brien CG1° 74 73 1948 Sydney (Auxiliary), V Canberra and Goulburn 92 Edward John Doody CG1° 88 90 1948 V Armidale 93 Guilford Clyde Young CG1° 88 91 1948 Canberra and Goulburn (Auxiliary), VIII Hobart 94 Thomas Vincent Cahill 77 82 89 1949 II Cairns VI Canberra and Goulburn 95 Patrick Mary O'Donnell 77 64 70 1949 IV Brisbane 96 John Patrick O'Loughlin M.S.C. 85 CE1 CI1 1950 II Darwin 97 Patrick Francis Lyons 51 85 1944 Sydney (Auxiliary), IV Sale 98 Lancelot John Goody 86 97 89 1951 Perth (Auxiliary), I Bunbury, VI Perth 99 Bryan Gallagher CJ1° 71 86 1952 VII Port Pirie 100 William Joseph Brennan 77 74 89 1953 III Toowoomba

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No.BishopOrderConsecratorsYearDiocese 101 James Patrick Carroll 77 67 97 1954 Sydney (Auxiliary) 102 John Joseph Rafferty CK1° 98 86 1955 Perth (Auxiliary) 103 Arthur Francis Fox 79 71 89 1957 Melbourne (Auxiliary), V Sale 104 James William Gleeson 85 99 103 1957 Adelaide (Auxiliary), IX Adelaide 105 James Darcy Freeman 77 90 101 1957 Sydney (Auxiliary), VI Armidale VI Sydney 106 Ivan Prasko CL1 CM1 CN1 1958 I Ukrainian 107 Johannes (John) Jobst S.A.C. CK1° 78 101 1959 III Kimberley (Vicariate Apostolic), I Broome 108 John Neil Cullinane 91 101 105 1959 Canberra and Goulburn (Auxiliary), Melbourne (Auxiliary) 109 Thomas William Muldoon PP261 CO1 CP1 1960 Sydney (Auxiliary) 110 Francis Roberts Rush CQ1° 82 93 1961 VII Rockhampton, V Brisbane 111 Francis Xavier Thomas 89 94 103 1962 V Geraldton 112 Myles McKeon 98 107 111 1962 Perth (Auxiliary), II Bunbury 113 Albert Reuben Edward Thomas PP262 CR1 CS1 1963 VI Bathurst 114 Douglas Joseph Warren 77 89 99 1964 Wilcannia–Forbes (Auxiliary), IV Wilcannia–Forbes 115 Lawrence Patrick Moran PP262 CT1 104 1964 Melbourne (Auxiliary) 116 James Robert Knox CU1 CC1 CV1 1953 V Melbourne 117 Francis Patrick Carroll 80 110 114 1967 III Wagga Wagga, VIII Canberra 118 Henry Joseph Kennedy 77 95 101 1967 Brisbane (Auxiliary), VII Armidale 119 Leonard Anthony Faulkner 85 110 NZ2 1967 III Townsville, X Adelaide 120 John Ahern Torpie 95 94 110 1967 III Cairns 121 Ronald Austin Mulkearns 116 71 103 1968 VI Ballarat 122 Edward Francis Kelly 77 CW1° 85 1969 Sydney (Auxiliary), IV Toowoomba 123 John Aloysius Morgan 77 85 94 1969 Canberra (Auxiliary), IV Military 124 John Steven Satterthwaite 77 94 104 1973 IV Lismore 125 Peter Quinn 98 111 112 1969 Perth (Auxiliary), III Bunbury 126 John Anthony Kelly 116 108 121 1973 Melbourne (Auxiliary)] 127 Thomas Francis Little 116 108 121 1973 Melbourne (Auxiliary), VI Melbourne 128 Eric Gerard Perkins 116 108 121 1973 Melbourne (Auxiliary) 129 Philip James Anthony Kennedy 104 96 99 1973 Adelaide (Auxiliary) 130 Ignace Abdo Khalifé S.J. CX1 CY1 CZ1 1970 I Maronite 131 Edward Bede Clancy 105 116 94 1974 Sydney (Auxiliary), VII Canberra, VII Sydney 132 David Cremin 105 116 94 1974 Sydney (Auxiliary) 133 Bernard Joseph Wallace 110 105 DA1° 1974 VIII Rockhampton 134 William Edward Murray 105 94 101 1976 II Wollongong 135 John Joseph Gerry 110 127 133 1975 Brisbane (Auxiliary) 136 Robert Healy 98 105 127 1975 Perth (Auxiliary) 137 Joseph Peter O'Connell 127 103 121 1976 Melbourne (Auxiliary) 138 Leo Morris Clarke 105 94 127 1976 VI Maitland-Newcastle 139 Patrick Dougherty 94 105 DA1° 1976 Canberra and Goulburn (Auxiliary), VII Bathurst 140 Patrick Laurence Murphy 105 94 101 1977 Sydney (Auxiliary), I Broken Bay 141 Noel Desmond Daly 103 89 111 1979 V Sandhurst 142 Bede Vincent Heather 105 127 DB1 1979 Sydney (Auxiliary), I Parramatta 143 Francis Peter de Campo 104 138 141 1980 VIII Port Pirie 144 Joseph Eric D'Arcy 103 127 138 1981 VI Sale, IX Hobart 145 William Joseph Foley 111 98 107 1981 VI Geraldton, VII Perth 146 John Edward Heaps 105 DC1° 101 1981 Sydney (Auxiliary) 147 Eugene James Cuskelly 110 93 DC1° 1982 Brisbane (Auxiliary) 148 William John Brennan 131 117 DC1° 1984 IV Wagga Wagga 149 Geoffrey James Robinson 131 105 DC1° 1984 Sydney (Auxiliary) 150 Barry James Hickey 145 98 111 1984 VII Geraldton, VIII Perth

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