Roman Catholic Diocese of Townsville

Latin Catholic diocese in Australia

19°15′32″S 146°48′42″E / 19.25889°S 146.81167°E / -19.25889; 146.81167StatisticsArea435,200 km² (168,000 sq mi)Population
- Total
- Catholics(as of 2004)

252,289

74,084 (

29.4%%)Parishes

27InformationDenominationCatholic ChurchSui iuris churchLatin ChurchRiteRoman RiteEstablished12 February 1930CathedralSacred Heart Cathedral, TownsvilleCurrent leadershipPopeFrancisBishopTim HarrisMap

WebsiteCatholic Diocese of Townsville

The Diocese of Townsville 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 Brisbane. Erected in 1930, the Diocese of Townsville covers North Queensland. It was assembled from territory separated from the Diocese of Rockhampton.

Bishops

The following men have been Bishops of Townsville:^[1]

Order	Name	Date enthroned	Reign ended	Term of office	Reason for term end
1	Terence Bernard McGuire †	12 February 1930	14 June 1938	8 years, 122 days	Appointed Bishop of Goulburn
2	Hugh Edward Ryan †	13 July 1938	14 September 1967	29 years, 63 days	Retired and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Townsville
3	Leonard Anthony Faulkner †	14 September 1967	2 September 1983	15 years, 353 days	Elevated as Coadjutor Archbishop of Adelaide
4	Raymond Conway Benjamin †	14 February 1984	18 April 2000	16 years, 64 days	Retired and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Townsville
5	Michael Ernest Putney †	24 January 2001	28 March 2014	13 years, 53 days	Died in office
6	Timothy James Harris	3 May 2017^[2]	incumbent

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Francis Roberts Rush †, appointed Bishop of Rockhampton in 1960

Parishes

The diocese is divided into four separate deaneries that administer individual parishes:^[3]

Townsville deanery with regular liturgical services held in Sacred Heart Cathedral, North Ward (St Joseph's), Cranbrook (Holy Spirit), Deeragun (St Anthony), Gulliver (Holy Family), Kirwan (The Good Shepherd), Magnetic Island (St Joan of Arc), Mundingburra (Blessed Mary MacKillop), Railway Estate (St Francis), South Townsville (St Patrick), West Townsville (St Mary), and Wulguru (St Joseph the Worker)
Northern deanery with regular liturgical services held in Abergowrie (St Theresa), Halifax (St Peter), Ingham (St Patrick), and Palm Island (St Anne)
Southern deanery with regular liturgical services held in Ayr (Sacred Heart), Bowen (St Mary), Burdekin Valley (St Joseph), Cannonvale (St Martin), Collinsville (Our Lady of Lourdes), Giru (St Joseph), Home Hill (St Colman), and Proserpine (St Catherine)
Western deanery with regular liturgical services held in Charters Towers (St Columba), Cloncurry (St Colman), Hughenden (Sacred Heart), Julia Creek (Holy Rosary), McKinlay (Our Lady of the Way), Mount Isa (Good Shepherd), Richmond (St Brigid), and Winton (St Patrick)

Schools

The Townsville Catholic Education Office operates a number of schools in the diocese:^[4]

North Ward

St Joseph's School (primary)
St Patrick's College (secondary)

Hyde Park

St Margaret Mary's College (secondary)

Mundingburra

St Joseph's Catholic School (primary)

Currajong

The Marian School (primary)

Annandale

Southern Cross Catholic School (primary)

Cranbrook

Holy Spirit School (primary)
Ignatius Park College (secondary)

Rasmussen

Good Shepherd Catholic Community School (primary)

Kirwan

Ryan Catholic College (primary & secondary)

Deeragun

St Anthony's Catholic College (primary & secondary)

West End

Edmund Rice Flexible learning Centre (secondary)

Palm Island

St Michael's School (primary)

Charters Towers

Columba Catholic College (primary & secondary)

Ingham District

Our Lady of Lourdes School, Ingham (primary)
St Peter's School, Trebonne (primary)
Canossa School, Trebonne (primary)
Gilroy Santa Maria College, Ingham (secondary)
St Teresa's College, Abergowrie (secondary)

Burdekin River region

St Francis School, Ayr (primary)
St Colman's School, Home Hill (primary)
Burdekin Catholic High School, Ayr (secondary)

South

St Mary's School, Bowen (primary)
St Catherine's School, Proserpine (primary)
St John Bosco School, Collinsville (primary)

West

St Francis School, Hughenden (primary)
St Patrick's School, Winton (primary)
St Joseph's School, Cloncurry (primary)

Mount Isa

St Joseph's Catholic School (primary)
St Kieran's School (primary)
Good Shepherd Catholic College (secondary)

Gallery

Sacred Heart Cathedral in Townsville
Interior of Sacred Heart Cathedral

References

^ "Diocese of Townsville". The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 20 February 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
^ "Bishop-elect Tim Harris farewelled from his Gold Coast parish". The Catholic Leader. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
^ "Diocesean profile: Parishes". Diocese of Townsville. 2009. Archived from the original on 20 November 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
^ "Considering a Catholic school for your child?" (PDF). Catholic Education in the Diocese of Townsville. Retrieved 22 February 2014.

External links

Catholic Diocese of Townsville

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