Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺 (original) (raw)

Celebrations

History

• 1816: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of New Holland (from Apostolic Vicariate of London District)
• 1819.04.04: Suppressed (to Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope and adjacent territories)
• 1834.06.03: Restored as Apostolic Vicariate of New Holland and Van Diemen’s Land (English) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Cape of Good Hope and adjacent territories)
• 1842.04.05: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Sydney / Sydneyen(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Adelaide and Apostolic Vicariate of Hobart)
• 1842.04.22: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sydney / Sydneyen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Adelaide and Hobart)
• 1845.05.06: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Perth, Apostolic Vicariate of Essington and Apostolic Vicariate of King George Sounde - The Sound and gained suffragan sees Perth, Essington and King George Sounde - The Sound
• 1847: Lost suffragan see King George Sounde - The Sound
• 1847.06.25: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Maitland and Diocese of Melbourne and gained suffragan sees Maitland and Melbourne
• 1859.04.12: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Brisbane and gained suffragan see Brisbane
• 1862.11.17: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Goulburn and gained suffragan see Goulburn
• 1865.06.20: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Bathurst and gained suffragan see Bathurst
• 1866.11.01: Lost territory to Diocese of Maitland
• 1867.03.12: Gained suffragan see New Norcia
• 1869.11.28: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Armidale and gained suffragan see Armidale
• 1874.03.30: Lost suffragan sees Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth
• 1877.01.30: Gained suffragan see Queensland
• 1882.12.29: Gained suffragan see Rockhampton
• 1887.05.05: Gained suffragan see Grafton
• 1887.05.10: Lost suffragan sees Brisbane, Rockhampton, Victoria and Queensland and gained suffragan see Wilcannia
• 1888.08.03: Lost suffragan see Hobart
• 1898.01.30: Gained suffragan see Geraldton
• 1913.08.28: Lost suffragan see Geraldton
• 1917.07.28: Gained suffragan see Wagga Wagga
• 1917: Gained territory from Diocese of Goulburn
• 1948.02.05: Lost suffragan see Goulburn
• 1951.11.15: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Wollongong and gained suffragan see Wollongong
• 1966: Lost territory to Diocese of Maitland
• 1982.03.12: Lost suffragan see New Norcia
• 1986.04.08: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Broken Bay and Diocese of Parramatta and gained suffragan sees Broken Bay and Parramatta

Contact Info

Address: Level 16 Polding Centre, 133 Liverpool Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9390 5100

Papal Visits

• Pope Paul VI (1970.11, 1970.12)
• Pope John Paul II (1986.11, 1995.01)
• Pope Benedict XVI (2008.07)

Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Former Prelates

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,264 km²

Population: 590,186 Catholics (22.9% of 2,582,308 total)

Pastoral Centres: 133 parishes, 13 missions

Personnel: 447 priests (211 diocesan, 236 religious), 14 deacons, 1,135 religious (413 brothers, 722 sisters), 50 seminarians