Roman Catholic Diocese of Sale
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Diocese of Sale Dioecesis Saliensis |
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| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Territory | South Eastern and Gippsland regions of Victoria |
| Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Melbourne |
| Coordinates | 38°06′40″S 147°03′47″E / 38.11111°S 147.06306°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 44,441 km2 (17,159 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 372,979 92,746 ( 24.9%) |
| Parishes |
 25 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 10 May 1887 |
| Cathedral | St Mary's Cathedral, Sale |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Patrick O'Regan (priest) |
| Website | |
| Roman Catholic Diocese of Sale | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sale is a suffragan Latin Church diocese of Archdiocese of Melbourne, that covers the south east of Victoria, Australia. The diocese was established in 1887.
Patrick O'Regan was appointed Bishop of Sale on 4 December 2014 and consecrated and installed as a bishop by the Archbishop of Melbourne, Denis Hart on 26 February 2015 at a ceremony in Sale.
The Diocese of Sale was established by Pope Leo XIII on 26 April 1887. The first bishop of the Diocese, James Francis Corbett, was a priest of the Diocese of Limerick, Ireland, who was responsible for the Mission (later Parish) of St Kilda and Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Melbourne at the time of his appointment. Corbett was consecrated bishop on 25 August 1887 in St Mary's Church, East St Kilda, by Archbishop of Melbourne, Thomas Carr. Bishop Corbett consecrated St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, on account of his superior vocal ability.
The second Bishop of Sale, Patrick Phelan, saw to the establishment of a school system in the Diocese. The fourth bishop, Patrick Lyons, saw the 1959 change to the boundaries of the Diocese, which incorporated into Sale from the Melbourne Archdiocese the parishes of Berwick, Cranbourne, Pakenham, Iona, Maryknoll, Koo Wee Rup, Dalyston and Korrumburra. These parishes, while they were mainly rural areas at the time, have seen rapid growth and are now considered outer suburbs of the Melbourne metropolitan area.
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