The

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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perth is a

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of the

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covering the

Greater Perth Greater Perth is Perth's Greater Capital City Statistical Area (GCCSA), a geographical area designed to represent the functional extent of Western Australia's (WA) capital city. The Greater Perth GCCSA does not define the built up edge of the ...

, Goldfields-Esperance, Peel and Wheatbelt regions of

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. St Mary's Cathedral located in

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

, Western Australia, is the

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of the Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Perth, currently

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, appointed in February 2012.

History

On 6 May 1845 the Diocese of Perth was erected in an area covered and administered previously by the Archdiocese of Sydney. It lost territory repeatedly, to establish on 12 March 1867 the Benedictine

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, on 10 May 1887 the Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in Western Australia and on 30 January 1898 the

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. It was elevated as Metropolitan archdiocese on 29 August 1913. On 12 November 1954 it lost territory to establish the

Roman Catholic Diocese of 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. Ordinaries The following individuals have been ...

. In 1982 it regained former territory from the suppressed

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Cathedral

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, commonly called St Mary's Cathedral, is the seat of the archbishop and is located in

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. During restoration work in the cathedral between 2003 and 2006, the brick and plaster

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containing the coffins of bishops

Matthew Gibney Matthew Gibney (1 November 1835 in Killeshandra, Cavan, Ireland – 22 June 1925 in Perth, Western Australia), an Australian metropolitan bishop, was the third Roman Catholic Bishop of Perth, serving from 1886 until 1910. Gibney gave Australi ...

and

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was discovered by archaeologists under the floorboards of an aisle in the cathedral. In 2011, the remains of Perth's first bishop, John Brady, were exhumed from his grave in France and he was laid to rest in the crypt.

Province

Its Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Perth includes for the

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s of Broome and Perth's two daughter-bishoprics, Bunbury and

Geraldton Geraldton (Wajarri: ''Jambinu'', Wilunyu: ''Jambinbirri'') is a coastal city in the Mid West region of the Australian state of Western Australia, north of the state capital, Perth. At June 2018, Geraldton had an urban population of 37,648. ...

Bishops

Episcopal incumbents

The following individuals have been elected as Roman Catholic Archbishop of Perth, or any of its precursor titles: ;''Diocesan suffragan bishops'' : *^{^} = Bishop John Brady was suspended from his functions ''

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'' in October 1851 by

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and Joseph Serra appointed as

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of Perth, reporting to the Archbishop of Sydney. Brady retained the title Bishop of Perth, although living in exile from his Diocese, until his death. Serra served as Coadjutor Bishop and Temporal Administrator of Perth from 1849 to 1851, Apostolic Administrator from 1851 to 1862.

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was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Perth for three years from 1853 while Serra was absent in Europe. ;''Metropolitan Archbishops'' :

Coadjutor and auxiliary bishops

;Current * Donald George Sproxton – Appointed auxiliary bishop 12 December 2001,

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of Timici ;Former *

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Joseph Serra y Juliá, O.S.B. † (1849.08.07 – 1862.01.07) * Coadjutor Bishop Matthew Gibney † (1886.09.28 – 1886.11.01), Titular Bishop of

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(1886.09.28 – 1886.11.01) *

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Redmond Prendiville † (1933.07.11 – 1935.05.24 ''see above''),

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of Cypsela (1933.07.11 – 1935.05.24) * Auxiliary Bishop Launcelot John Goody (later Archbishop) † (1951.08.02 – 1954.11.12 ''see above''), Titular Bishop of Abydus (1951.08.02 – 1954.11.12), later Bishop of Bunbury (Australia) (1954.11.12 – 1968.10.18) * Auxiliary Bishop John Joseph Rafferty † (1955.06.12 – 1962.01.06) * Auxiliary Bishop Myles McKeon † (1962.05.23 – 1969.03.06) * Auxiliary Bishop Peter Quinn † (1969.06.26 – 1982.05.26) * Auxiliary Bishop Robert Healy † (1975.10.02 – 2000.10.25)

Other priests of the diocese who became bishops

* John O’Reilly † , appointed Bishop of Port Augusta in 1887 *

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† , appointed Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia in 1894; appointed Bishop of Geraldton in 1898: consecrated bishop in 1898 * Justin Joseph Bianchini, appointed Bishop of Geraldton in 1992 *

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, appointed Bishop of Bunbury in 2001 *

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, appointed Bishop of Australia, Military in 2003 *† = deceased

Parishes

The archdiocese is divided into three separate deaneries that administer individual

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covering inner metropolitan Perth, outer metropolitan Perth, and country parishes and church centres (with churches dedicated the saints as indicated).

Inner metropolitan Perth

The inner metropolitan deanery covers the cathedral parish of

(St Mary); and parishes located in

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(St Benedict's), Attadale (St Joseph Pignatelli), Balcatta (St Lawrence and Mary Immaculate), Ballajura (St Mary Mackillop), Bassendean (St Joseph),

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(St Thomas More),

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(St Columba),

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(Christ the King),

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(Santa Clara),

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(St Emilie de Vialar),

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(Holy Name), City Beach (Holy Spirit), Claremont (St Thomas the Apostle), Cloverdale, (Notre Dame),

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(Holy Family), Cottesloe/Mosman Park (St Mary Star of the Sea),

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(Our Lady's Assumption), Doubleview (Our Lady of the Rosary),

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(Immaculate Conception), East Victoria Park (Our Lady Help of Christians), Embleton (Holy Trinity), Floreat (St Cecilia),

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(St Patrick's Basilica), Girrawheen (Our Lady of Mercy),

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(St Bernadette), Hamilton Hill (Holy Cross),

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(Sacred Heart), Hilton (Our Lady of Mount Carmel), Joondanna (St Denis), Innaloo/Karrinyup (St Dominic), Leederville (St Mary), Lynwood (St Jude), Lockridge (Good Shepherd),

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(St Pius X), Maylands (Queen of Martyrs),

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(Infant Jesus), Mirrabooka (St Gerald Majella), Mt Lawley (St Paul), Myaree (Pater Noster), Nedlands (Holy Rosary),

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(Our Lady of Lourdes), North Beach (Our Lady of Grace), Northbridge (St Brigid), Osborne Park (St Kieran),

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(Our Lady of Fatima), Queens Park (St Joseph), Riverton (Our Lady Queen of Apostles),

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(St Augustine),

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(Immaculate Heart of Mary),

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(St Aloysius), South Perth (St Columba), Subiaco (St Joseph),

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(St Joachim), Willetton (Saints John and Paul), and

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(Our Lady of Perpetual Help).

Outer metropolitan Perth

The Outer metropolitan deanery covers parishes located in Armadale (St Francis Xavier), Baldivis (Tranby College Chapel), Clarkson (St Andrew), Ellenbrook (St Helena of the Holy Cross), Gosnells (Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament), Greenmount (St Anthony), Greenwood (All Saints),

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(St Mary), Kalamunda (Holy Family),

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(Good Shepherd), Kwinana (St Vincent), Lesmurdie (Our Lady of Lourdes), Maddington (Holy Family),

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(St Francis of Assissi), Midland (St Brigid), Mundaring (Sacred Heart), Ocean Reef (St Simon Peter), Pickering Brook (Our Lady of Grace),

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(St Bernadette), Rockingham (Our Lady of Lourdes), Spearwood (St Jerome), Thornlie (Sacred Heart),

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(St Anthony of Padua), Whitford (Our Lady of the Mission), Woodvale (St Luke),

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(Guilderton Community Hall), and Yangebup (Mater Christi).

Country parishes and church centres

The country parishes and church centres deanery covers parishes located in

References

Sources and external links

GigaCatholic with incumbent biography links

Catholic Archdiocese of Perth
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