Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn

The Archdiocese of Canberra - Goulburn (Latin: Archidioecesis Camberrensis et Gulburnensis ) is a location in Australia Roman Catholic archdiocese based in Canberra.

History

It was dissolved on 17 November 1862 the archbishopric of Sydney, established as a diocese and the Archdiocese of Sydney Golbourn a suffragan. In 1887 there were some areas off to the new construction of the Diocese of Wilcannia. After 1917, the Diocese of Wagga Wagga had been removed from its territory yet, it was on February 5, 1948 the status of a name immediately Archdiocese and changed his name to Canberra from.

Ordinaries

  • Patrick Bonaventure Geoghegan, OFM (1864-1864)
  • William Lanigan (1867-1900)
  • John Gallagher (1900-1923)
  • John Barry (1924-1938)
  • Terence Bernard McGuire (1938-1953)
  • Eris Norman Michael O'Brien (1953-1966)
  • Thomas Vincent Cahill (1967-1978)
  • Edward Bede Clancy (1978-1983)
  • Francis Patrick Carroll (1983-2006)
  • Mark Coleridge (2006-2012, then Archbishop of Brisbane )
  • Christopher Prowse (since 2013)
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