Diocese of Geraldton
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Geraldton is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church covering the Mid West, Western Australia. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perth.
Its cathedral episcopal see is St Francis Xavier Cathedral, in Geraldton.
History
Established on 30 January 1898 as Diocese of Geraldton / Geraldtonen, on territory split off from the then Diocese of Perth.Statistics
, it pastorally served 29,700 Catholics on 131,831 km² in 16 parishes and 24 missions with 18 priests, 35 lay religious, 3 seminarians.Parishes
The diocese has fifteen parishes with regular liturgical services held in the following locations, with churches dedicated to particular saints:- Geraldton, Greenough, and Rangeway
- Bluff Point and Wonthella
- Carnarvon and Exmouth
- Dongara and Leeman
- Karratha, Dampier, and Wickham
- Leonora, Laverton, and Leinster
- Morawa
- Mt Magnet, Meekatharra, and Cue
- Mullewa and Mingenew
- Newman
- Northampton, Kalbarri, and Nanson
- Port Hedland
- South Hedland
- Three Springs, Perenjori, Coorow, and Carnamah
- Tom Price and Paraburdoo
Bishops
Episcopal ordinaries
The following individuals have been elected as Bishops of Geraldton:Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Bryan Gallagher †, appointed Bishop of Port Pirie in 1952