Roman Catholic Diocese of Bunbury
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Diocese of Bunbury Dioecesis Bumburiensis |
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| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Territory | South West and Great Southern, Western Australia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Perth |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Perth |
| Coordinates | 33°19′46″S 115°38′13″E / 33.32944°S 115.63694°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 184,000 km2 (71,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2012) 283,000 58,522 (20.7%) |
| Parishes | 27 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 12 November 1954 |
| Cathedral | St Patrick's Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Gerard Joseph Holohan |
| Website | |
| Catholic Diocese of Bunbury | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bunbury is a suffragan Latin Rite diocese of the Archdiocese of Perth, established in 1954, covering the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia, Australia.
The following individuals have been elected as Roman Catholic Bishop of Bunbury:
The diocese is divided into three separate deaneries that administer individual parishes:
In 2003 Adrian Richard Van Klooster, a Catholic priest, plead guilty to four counts of indecently dealing with children under the age of 13 and was found with child pornography on his computer.
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