Country Australia Parishes 103 Auxiliary bishop Joseph John Oudeman | Ecclesiastical province Brisbane Bishop Mark Coleridge | |
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Territory South East region of Queensland, including Greater Brisbane Area 65,000 km (25,000 sq mi) Population
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- Catholics (as of 2012)
2,849,000
663,000 (23.3%) Address 277 Elizabeth St, Brisbane City QLD 4000, Australia Cathedral Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane Hours Open today · 8AM–3PMWednesday8AM–3PMThursday8AM–3PMFriday8AM–3PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday8AM–3PMTuesday8AM–3PMSuggest an edit Profiles | ||
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Australia located in Brisbane and covering the South East region of Queensland, Australia.
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Part of the Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Brisbane, the region covered was initially administered by the Archdiocese of Sydney. In 1859 the Diocese of Brisbane was erected, and elevated as an archdiocese in 1887. The archdiocese is responsible for the suffragan dioceses of Cairns, Rockhampton, Toowoomba and Townsville.
The Cathedral of St Stephen is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane. Mark Coleridge was installed as the seventh Archbishop of Brisbane in a liturgical ceremony on 11 May 2012.
History
The Diocese of Brisbane was established in 1859, with responsibility for the entire state of Queensland. Prior to its establishment, Queensland was part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney.
On 29 December 1882, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockhampton was excised from the Archdiocese of Brisbane. The new Rockhampton diocese had responsibility for northern Queensland while the Brisbane archdiocese retained responsibility for southern Queensland.
In 1929, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba was excised from the Archdiocese of Brisbane.
Ordinaries
The following people have been appointed as Roman Catholic Archbishops of Brisbane or any of its precursor titles:
Auxiliary bishops
Cathedral
The gothic revival cathedral is located on a site bounded by Elizabeth, Charlotte and Edward Streets, in the Australian city of Brisbane. Built between 1864 and 1922, with extensions made in 1989, the cathedral was established with James Quinn as its first bishop. Quinn planned to construct a large cathedral to accommodate a growing congregation. On 26 December 1863, the Feast of St Stephen, Quinn laid the foundation stone for a grand cathedral designed by Benjamin Backhouse. Backhouse's original design was changed and downsized numerous times over the course of the cathedral's completion, mainly for economic reasons.
In 1927, there was a plan to replace St Stephen's with a new Holy Name Cathedral to be built in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. However, funding was only sufficient to build the crypt. Eventually the project was abandoned, the crypt demolished and the land sold.