The Roman Catholic Diocese of Broome is a

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Latin Rite diocese of the Metropolitan

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, covering the

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and Pilbara regions of Western Australia.

Cathedral

Its cathedral episcopal see is

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Cathedral, in

Broome, Western Australia Broome, also known as Rubibi by the Yawuru people, is a coastal pearling and tourist town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, north of Perth. In the the population was recorded as 14,660. It is the largest town in the Kimberley reg ...

History

On 10 May 1887, it was established initially as an Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in Western Australia, on territory split off from the then Diocese of Perth. On 4 May 1910, it lost territory to establish the Mission sui juris of Drisdale River, which was later renamed Kalumburu. On 13 November 1959, it was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberleys. It was elevated and renamed again as a diocese of Broome on 7 June 1966. In 1980, it regained the territory of the suppressed Mission sui juris of Kalumburu.

Episcopal ordinaries

The following individuals have been appointed apostolic vicar or elected as Roman Catholic Bishop of Broome or any of its precursor titles: :

Parishes

The diocese has nineteen

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with regular liturgical services held in the following locations, with churches dedicated to particular saints: * Balgo-Kutjungka (St Theresa) * Broome (Our Lady Queen of Peace) *

Dampier Peninsula The Dampier Peninsula is a peninsula located north of Broome and Roebuck Bay in Western Australia. It is surrounded by the Indian Ocean to the west and north, and King Sound to the east. It is named after the mariner and explorer William Damp ...

with churches in Beagle Bay (Sacred Heart) and Lombadina (Christ the King) * Derby (Our Lady of the Holy Rosary) and Fitzroy Crossing (St Francis) * Halls Creek (St Mary) * Kalumburu (Our Lady of the Assumption) * Kununurra (St Vincent Pallotti) * La Grange-Bidyadanda (St John the Baptist) * Wyndham (Queen of Apostles)

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