Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockhampton

The Diocese of Rockhampton (lat.: Dioecesis Rockhamptoniensis ) is a location in Australia diocese of the Roman Catholic church located in Rockhampton, Queensland. It includes the central part of Queensland.

History

Pope Leo XIII. founded it on 29 December in 1882 of territory of the Diocese of Brisbane. It was originally a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Sydney.

On 10 May 1887, was part of the ecclesiastical province of Brisbane. A part of its territory lost it on February 12, 1930 the Diocese of Townsville.

Bishops of Rockhampton

  • John Cani (3 January 1882-3. March 1898 )
  • Joseph Higgins (September 21, 1899-3. March 1905, then Bishop of Ballarat )
  • James Duhig (16 September 1905-27. February 1912, Koadjutorerzbischof of Brisbane )
  • Joseph Shiel (19 August 1912-7. April 1931 )
  • Romuald Denis Hayes SSC (12 January 1932-25. October 1945 )
  • Andrew Gerard Tynan (March 31, 1946-3. June 1960 )
  • Francis Roberts Rush (7 November 1960-5. March 1973, then Archbishop of Brisbane )
  • Bernard Joseph Wallace (24 January 1974-8. May 1990)
  • Brian Heenan (23 July 1991-1. October 2013 )
  • Michael Fabian McCarthy (since March 10, 2014 )
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