Roman Catholic Diocese of Armidale

The Diocese of Armidale 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 Sydney. The Diocese of Armidale was established in 1869 and covers the New England and Barwon River regions of New South Wales.

Diocese of Armidale

Dioecesis Armidalensis
Cathedral of St Mary and St Joseph, Armidale; consecrated in 1912
Location
CountryAustralia
TerritoryNew England and Barwon River regions of New South Wales
Ecclesiastical provinceSydney
Coordinates30°30′58″S 151°39′50″E
Statistics
Area91,500 km2 (35,300 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2006)
Decrease 146,769
Decrease 43,223 (Steady 29.4%)
ParishesSteady 25
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established28 November 1869
CathedralSaints Mary and Joseph Catholic Cathedral
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Bishopsede vacante
Metropolitan ArchbishopAnthony Fisher OP
Website
armidale.catholic.org.au

Saints Mary and Joseph Catholic Cathedral is the cathedra of the Bishop of Armidale, presently vacant after Michael Kennedy was appointed to the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.[1][2]

History

Erected 28 November 1869.[3] The first bishop, Timothy O'Mahony, was forced to resign over allegations of alcoholism and fathering a child, although he was eventually cleared by a church investigation.[4]

Bishops

Bishops of Armidale:[3][5]

Order Name Title Date installed Term ended Term of office Reason for term end
1Timothy O'MahonyBishop of Armidale1869July 18777–8 yearsResigned from Rome
2Elzear TorreggianiBishop of ArmidaleNovember 1879January 190424–25 yearsDied in office
3Patrick O'ConnorCoadjutor Bishop of ArmidaleMay 1903January 19040–1 yearSucceeded as Bishop of Armidale
Bishop of ArmidaleJanuary 1904July 193227–28 yearsDied in office
4John ColemanCoadjutor Bishop of ArmidaleSeptember 1929July 19322–3 yearsSucceeded as Bishop of Armidale
Bishop of ArmidaleJuly 1932December 194714–15 yearsDied in office
5Edward DoodyBishop of Armidale25 April 1948 (1948-04-25)9 April 1968 (1968-04-09)19 years, 350 daysDied in office
6James Darcy FreemanBishop of ArmidaleDecember 196819712–3 yearsElevated as Archbishop of Sydney
7Henry KennedyBishop of ArmidaleFebruary 197226 April 1991 (1991-04-26)18–19 yearsRetired
8Kevin ManningBishop of Armidale10 July 1991 (1991-07-10)10 July 1997 (1997-07-10)6 years, 0 daysElevated as Bishop of Parramatta
9Luc Julian MatthysBishop of ArmidaleMarch 1999December 201111–12 yearsRetired as Emeritus Bishop of Armidale
10Michael KennedyBishop of ArmidaleFebruary 2012February 202310–11 yearsAppointed to Maitland–Newcastle.

James Darcy Freeman was elevated to Cardinal in 1973, concurrent with Archbishop of Sydney.

Coadjutors are included above.

Other priests of the diocese who became bishops

Cathedral
Main article: Saints Mary and Joseph Catholic Cathedral

The diocesan cathedral is dedicated to Saint Mary and Saint Joseph and is located in Dangar Street, Armidale, opposite Armidale Central Park and diagonally opposite the Anglican cathedral. It was built in 1911 of Pyrmont stone and Armidale polychrome brick.[6] It was solemnly dedicated on 12 December 1919.

Parishes

As of November 2014, there are currently 25 parishes located in Diocese of Armidale:

References
  1. "Diocese of Armidale". The Official Directory of the Catholic Church in Australia. National Council of Priests of Australia. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  2. "Bishop Kennedy appointed Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle". Australian Catholics Bishops Conference Media Blog. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  3. "Diocese of Armidale". The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 19 February 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2007.
  4. J. J. Farrell, Archbishop Vaughan and the resignation of Bishop O'Mahony, first bishop of Armidale, Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society 15 (1993), 7-23; C.J. Duffy, O'Mahony, Timothy (1825–1892), Australian Dictionary of Biography.
  5. "The ten Catholic Bishops of Armidale". The Armidale Star. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  6. "The Catholic Cathedral of St Mary and St Joseph, Armidale". Organ Historical Trust of Australia. 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
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