Parishes 27 Area 184,000 km² | Denomination Roman Catholic | |
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Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2012)283,00058,522 (20.7%) Cathedral St Patrick's Cathedral, Bunbury | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bunbury is a suffragan Latin Rite diocese of the Archdiocese of Perth, established in 1954, covering the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia, Australia.
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Ordinaries
The following individuals have been elected as Roman Catholic Bishop of Bunbury:
Parishes
The diocese is divided into three separate deaneries that administer individual parishes:
- Great Southern deanery with regular liturgical services held in the parishes of Albany (St Joseph), Denmark (St Mary), Esperance (Star of the Sea), Katanning (St Patrick), Kojonup (St Bernard), Lake Grace (Maria Regina), Mount Barker (Sacred Heart), Narrogin (St Matthew), and Wagin (St Joseph)
- Lower South West deanery with regular liturgical services held in the parishes of Boyup Brook (St Mary), Bridgetown (St Brigid), Busselton (St Joseph and Our Lady of the Bay), Donnybrook (St Mary), Dunsborough (Our Lady of the Southern Cross), Manjimup (St Joseph), Margaret River (St Thomas More), and Pemberton (Sacred Heart)
- South West deanery with regular liturgical services held in the parishes of Bunbury (Cathedral Parish of St Patrick), Brunswick Junction (Our Lady’s Assumption), Collie (St Brigid), Dardanup (The Immaculate Conception), Dawesville (St Damien), Harvey (Our Lady of Immaculate Conception), Australind (Church of the Living Vine), Mandurah (Our Lady’s Assumption), Pinjarra (St Augustine), and Waroona (St Patrick)
Controversy
In 2003 Adrian Richard Van Klooster, a Catholic priest, plead guilty to four counts of indecently dealing with children under the age of 13 and was found with child pornography on his computer.
References
Roman Catholic Diocese of Bunbury Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA