Archdiocese of Sydney Archidioecesis Sydneyensis |
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The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Mary,
cathedral of the Archdiocese |
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Coat of arms
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Location | |
Country | Australia |
Territory | South-western Sydney, Canterbury-Bankstown, Inner West, most of Sydney's northern suburbs, lower north shore, eastern suburbs, St George, Sutherland, and the northern part of the Macarthur region |
Ecclesiastical province | Sydney |
Deaneries | 9 |
Subdivisions | 3 |
Statistics | |
Area | 1,264 km2 (488 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2014) 2,528,000 611,392 ( 24.2%) |
Parishes | 137 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1834: Vicariate Apostolic of New Holland and Van Diemen’s Land; 5 April 1842: Diocese of Sydney; 22 April 1842: Archdiocese of Sydney |
Cathedral | Cathedral Church and Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Mother of God, Help of Christians |
Patron saint | Our Lady Help of Christians |
Secular priests | 250 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Anthony Fisher OP |
Suffragans |
Peter Ingham Gerard Joseph Hanna Michael McKenna Michael Kennedy William Wright Geoffrey Jarrett Columba Macbeth Green Peter Comensoli Vincent Long Van Nguyen |
Auxiliary Bishops |
Terence Brady Anthony Randazzo Richard Umbers |
Vicar General | Gerald Gleeson |
Episcopal Vicars |
Terence Brady John Greig Paul Monkerud Kelvin Lovegrove Michael McLean Paul Monkerud Gerald Gleeson Isidore Anantharaj |
Judicial Vicar | Peter Blayney |
Emeritus Bishops |
David Cremin Geoffrey Robinson George Pell |
Map | |
Website | |
sydney.catholic.org.au |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney (Archidioecesis Sydneyensis) is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese, located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Erected in 1842 and directly responsible to the Holy See, the archdiocese is responsible for the suffragan dioceses of Armidale, Bathurst, Broken Bay, Lismore, Maitland-Newcastle, Parramatta, Wagga Wagga, Wilcannia-Forbes and Wollongong. The Military Ordinariate of Australia, as well as the Eastern Rite Melkite Catholic Eparchy of St Michael, Archangel and the Maronite Diocese of St Maroun are also attached to the archdiocese.
St Mary’s Cathedral is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney. The current archbishop is Anthony Fisher.