Roman Catholic Diocese of Wagga Wagga

Diocese of Wagga Wagga Dioecesis Corvopolitanus
St Michael's Cathedral, Wagga Wagga; consecrated in ca. 1859
Location
Country	Australia
Territory	Riverina regions of New South Wales
Metropolitan	Archdiocese of Sydney
Coordinates	35°06′26″S 147°22′21″E / 35.10722°S 147.37250°E / -35.10722; 147.37250
Statistics
Area	62,160 km2 (24,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 1999) 206,000 62,000 ( 30.1%)
Parishes	31
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	28 July 1917
Cathedral	St Michael's, Wagga Wagga
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Christopher Prowse
Metropolitan Archbishop	Anthony Fisher OP
Emeritus Bishops	Gerard Joseph Hanna
Website
Catholic Diocese of Wagga Wagga

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wagga Wagga is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Sydney, established in 1917, covering the Riverina region of New South Wales in Australia.

St Michael's Cathedral is the seat of the Catholic Bishop of Wagga Wagga. On 12 September 2016, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Gerard Hanna due to health and age concerns and appointed Christopher Prowse to be the Apostolic Administrator.

The following individuals have been elected as Roman Catholic Bishop of Wagga Wagga:

Located in Johnston Street, Wagga Wagga, St Michael's Cathedral is a large Gothic Revival styled sandstone cathedral built in two stages. The foundation stone of the first stage of the building comprising the nave and tower base, was laid on 26 April 1885. Completed between 1885 and 1887, the parish church was commissioned by Father Patrick Dunne and designed by architects Tappin, Gilbert & Dennehy, of Melbourne. The woodwork and carpentry was completed by Charles Hardy. In 1918, when the diocese was erected, St Michael’s became a cathedral.

The second stage followed, that commenced in 1922 and completed in 1925. The architect was W. J. Monks, and the overall construction cost was £34,894. The imposing building was constructed from sandstone, of cruciform plan with clerestoried nave and lofty tower placed to the left of the main façade. In addition, the building consists of side aisles, porch, chancel, sacristy, chapel, and gallery. Roof framings are exposed timber internally and sheeted with slates externally. Walls are rock faced ashlar generally with dressed window and door surrounds and mullions. Internally the altars contain some finely crafted marble pieces and large stained glass windows in groups of three, giving a soft filtered light. A feature of the cathedral is the massive tower bell weighing 17 long hundredweight (1,900 lb; 860 kg) cast in the factory of Byrnes, of Dublin. The marble high altar was brought from Carrara, Italy and has subsequently been removed.