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Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn is a

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located in the

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, and the

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, Southern Tablelands, Monaro and the

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regions of

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. Erected in 1948, the archdiocese is directly subject to the

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. St. Christopher's Cathedral at Manuka is the

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of the Catholic

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of Canberra and Goulburn. On 12 September 2013 it was announced that the Bishop of Sale,

Christopher Prowse Christopher Charles Prowse (born 14 November 1953 in East Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian Roman Catholic bishop. He is currently the archbishop of the Archdiocese of CanberraGoulburn; appointed to the post on 12 September 2013 and ins ...

, had been appointed as the next Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn. Archbishop Prowse was installed on 19 November 2013.

History

The diocese of Goulburn was established in 1864 to serve the needs of the scattered rural, overwhelmingly Irish, Catholics of the south coast, southern highlands and south-west slopes of New South Wales. On 5 February 1948 the diocese was redesignated an archdiocese.

Bishops

Ordinaries of Canberra and Goulburn

;''Bishops of Goulburn'' The following individuals have served as

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of Goulburn: : James Hanley was Administrator starting in May 1863, and was Bishop-elect of this diocese, 1865–1866, but that appointment did not take effect. ;''Archbishops of Canberra and Goulburn'' The following individuals have served as Roman Catholic Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn: : Edward Bede Clancy became Cardinal in 1988.

Coadjutor bishop

* John Gallagher † (1895-1900)

Auxiliary bishops

* Guilford Clyde Young † (1948-1954), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart * John Neil Cullinane † (1959-1967), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Melbourne *

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† (1969-1985) * Patrick Dougherty † (1976-1983), appointed Bishop of Bathurst * Patrick Percival Power (1986-2012)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* John Dunne † , appointed Bishop of Wilcannia in 1887 * Patrick Joseph Clune † (priest here, 1886-1894), appointed Bishop of Perth in 1910 * Joseph Wilfred Dwyer † , appointed Bishop of Wagga Wagga in 1918

Cathedral

St Christopher's was built as the first parish church in Canberra by the first priest, Father Patrick Haydon, although the beginnings of Catholic life in the district go back to 1862 when the Diocese of Goulburn was erected. The parish was originally part of St Gregory's Parish,

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, until 1912. Following the erection of the Diocese of Wagga Wagga in 1918, the parish was transferred to the Diocese of Goulburn. A foundation stone was laid by

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in 1927 for a church and school. The following year St Christopher's became an independent parish with the first classes taught in the adjacent school, and the open day attended by the

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, Bruce. In 1930 a large cathedral was proposed for the site behind Regatta Point, but economic circumstances and World War II made this impractical. A foundation stone for the cathedral was laid in 1938 by Archbishop of Sydney Gilroy in a ceremony which included

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and James Scullin. The choice of St Christopher as patron saint was selected on the basis that Canberra would be a place to which many travellers would come. In the presence of

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, the

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, Archbishop Panico, opened the parish church in 1939. The first ordination in St Christopher's Church took place in 1947 when Vivian Morrison, the son of the pioneering Morrison family (who donated the tower and bells of the extended cathedral) of ''Tralee'' Queanbeyan, was ordained to the priesthood. The following year, the Archdiocese of Canberra (and Goulburn) was created and St Christopher's became a

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. When Archbishop Eris O'Brien took up residence in Canberra it became a co-cathedral with St Peter and St Paul,

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. St Christopher's was extended to twice its size, holding 1000 worshippers. This work, which retained the stained glass windows of the original church, was completed in 1973 according to plans developed by Clement Glancy, son of the original architect. The plans for the enlarged church included the bell tower, Blessed Sacrament Chapel, large sacristies and a crypt. The extensions were consecrated by Archbishop Cahill and the extended St Christopher's became the cathedral church of the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, superseding St Peter and St Paul, Goulburn. In June 2008, under the direction of Archbishop Mark Coleridge, the cathedral was refurbished to mark the diamond jubilee of the archdiocese. The cathedral has had three Catholic prime ministers as regular parishioners; Scullin, Lyons and

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. The present pipe organ was built by Hill, Norman & Beard from Melbourne and was used by St James' Anglican Church, King Street, Sydney, while their organ was being rebuilt. Its size was doubled when installed on the gallery in 1972. There are 1100 wood and metal pipes contained in two cases on either side of the rose window. In 2010 it was reported that the archdiocese planned to commence a A$35 million redevelopment of the precinct surrounding St Christopher's Cathedral, to include church offices and aged care units. In subsequent media reports, the diocese entered into an agreement with the

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to exchange land held by the church in Braddon to partially fund the redevelopment of the cathedral site. However, a proposed listing of St Patrick's Church in Braddon on the register of the Heritage Council may mean that the redevelopment may not proceed. Archbishops Eris O'Brien and Thomas Cahill are buried in the

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of the cathedral.

Archbishop's residence

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The official residence of the Archbishop is in Canberra, at Regatta Point, Parkes, ACT. It was officially opened on 8 April 1930, during the time of Bishop John Barry. The

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at the front is inscribed in

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. At the time of its erection, it would have overlooked the valley of the

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with views to Parliament House to the south. The house is on a hill at the south-eastern side of the road fly-over of Commonwealth Avenue and Parkes Way. When

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was built in the 1960s (the current Commonwealth Bridge was opened in the 1963) road access became more difficult, as the driveway is at an off-ramp of Parkes Way to Commonwealth Avenue.

Parishes

The archdiocese is divided into five separate deaneries which administer individual

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: #The Central Deanery covers the Australian Capital Territory with parishes located in the

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suburbs of Manuka (Cathedral of St Christopher), Aranda (St Vincent de Paul), Campbell (St Thomas More), Canberra Central (St Brigid in Dickson and St Patrick in Braddon), Charnwood (St Thomas Aquinas), Evatt (St Monica), Gungahlin (Holy Spirit in Amaroo and St Francis Xavier in Hall), Kaleen (St Michael), Kambah (St Thomas the Apostle), Kippax (St John the Apostle),

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(St Benedict), North Woden (Holy Trinity in Curtin, Ss Peter & Paul in Garran, and John XXIII College Chapel at ANU), O'Connor (St Joseph),

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(St Matthew), South Tuggeranong (Holy Family in Gowrie, Sacred Heart Church in Calwell, and St Clare of Assisi School in Conder), South Woden (St Augustine in Farrer and Sacred Heart in Pearce), Waniassa (St Anthony of Padua),

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(Holy Rosary), Weston Creek (St Jude in Holder and St John Vianney in Waramanga). #The Coastal Deanery covers the

with parishes located in

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(St Bernard), Bega (St Patrick in Bega, St Columba in Bemboka, St Joseph in Candelo, Star of the Sea in Tathra, and All Saints in Wolumla),

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(Our Lady of Good Counsel in Cobargo and Our Lady Help of Christians in Bermagui),

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(Sacred Heart in Moruya and The Pines in Tuross Head),

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(Our Lady Star of the Sea), and

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(Our Lady Star of the Sea in Eden, St Peter in Pambula, St Joseph in Merimbula, St Joseph in Wyndham). #The Monaro Deanery covers the Monaro with parishes located in Bombala (Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament in Bombala and St Joseph in Delegate), Cooma (St Patrick in Cooma, St Mary in Adaminaby, St Andrew in Nimmitabel, All Saints in Numeralla), Jindabyne (St Columbkille in Jindabyne, John Paul II Ecumenical Centre / Mary MacKillop Chapel in Thredbo, St Joseph in Berridale, Our Lady Star of the Sea in Dalgety, St Thomas in Moonbah, and Our Lady of the Snow in Perisher), and

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(St Patrick in Michelago, All Saints in Bredbo, and St Patrick in Jerangle). #The Northern Deanery covers the Southern Tablelands with parishes located in Braidwood (St Bede), Bungendore (St Mary),

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(St Mary in Crookwell and St Peter in Binda),

(Ss Peter and Paul and Our Lady of Fatima on Goulburn, St Bartholomew in Collector, St Patrick in Marulan, and St Laurence O'Toole in Spring Valley), Gunning (St Francis Xavier),

(St Raphael and St Gregory), Taralga (Christ the King), and Yass (St Augustine in Yass and Our Lady of the Rosary in Wee Jasper). #The Western Deanery covers the

with parishes located in Adelong (St James in Adelong and St Mary in Batlow),

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(Our Lady Help of Christians in Ardlethan and Sacred Heart in Ariah Park), Barellan (St Therese),

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(St Patrick), Boorowa (St Patrick), Bribbaree (St Columba in Bribbaree and St Brigid in Quandialla),

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(Sacred Heart in Cootamundra, St Mark in Muttama, St Joseph in Stockinbingal, St Columba's Wallendbeen), Grenfell (St Joseph),

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(St Patrick in Gundagai, Our Lady of Sorrows in Gobarralong, and St Patrick in Adjungbilly), Jugiong (St John the Evangelist),

Lake Cargelligo Lake Cargelligo () is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia, on Lake Cargelligo. It is in Lachlan Shire. At the , Lake Cargelligo had a population of 1,479 people. Its name is said to be a corruption of the Aboriginal ...

(Our Lady of Lourdes in Lake Cargelligo, St Isadore in Tullibigeal, and St Kevin in Rankin Springs), Murrumburrah (St Anthony in Harden), Tumut (Immaculate Conception in Tumut, St Paul in Talbingo), Temora (Sacred Heart in Temora and St Joseph in Barmedman),

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(St Joseph),

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(St Patrick in Weethalle and St Bernadette in Tallimba),

West Wyalong West Wyalong is the main town of the Bland Shire in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Located west of Sydney and above sea level, it is situated on the crossroads of the Newell Highway between Melbourne and Brisbane, and th ...

(St Mary), and Young (St Mary in Young, St Columbanus in Wombat, and Sacred Heart in Murringo).

Controversy

The Canberra and Goulburn archdiocese has been the scene of a series of sexual abuse cases which have come to light in recent years and have also extended to many regional Catholic jurisdictions, both in

and around the world.

References

External links

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