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, established in 1917, covering the Riverina region of New South Wales in Australia. St Michael's Cathedral is the cathedra, seat of the Catholic Bishop of Wagga Wagga. On 12 September 2016, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Gerard Hanna due to health and age concerns and appointed

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to be the

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. On 26 May 2020 Pope Francis announced that Bishop Mark Edwards OMI would be the sixth Bishop of Wagga Wagga, to be installed as Bishop on 22 July 2020 at St Michael's Cathedral.

Bishops

Bishops of Wagga Wagga

The following individuals have been elected as Roman Catholic Bishop of Wagga Wagga: :

Coadjutor bishop

Francis Patrick Carroll Francis Patrick Carroll (born 9 September 1930), a retired Australian archbishop, was the fifth Roman Catholic Archbishop of CanberraGoulburn, serving between 1983 until his retirement in 2006. Prior to his election as archbishop, Carroll se ...

(1967-1968)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Edward Idris Cassidy Edward Idris Cassidy AC (5 July 1924 – 10 April 2021) was an Australian prelate of the Catholic Church who was president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity from 1989 to 2001. He headed the Commission of the Holy See f ...

, appointed nuncio and titular Archbishop in 1970; future Cardinal * Michael Robert Kennedy, appointed Bishop of Armidale in 2011

Cathedral

Located in Johnston Street, Wagga Wagga, St Michael's Cathedral is a large Gothic Revival styled sandstone cathedral built in two stages. The foundation stone of the first stage of the building comprising the nave and tower base, was laid on 26 April 1885. Completed between 1885 and 1887, the parish church was commissioned by Father Patrick Dunne and designed by architects Tappin, Gilbert & Dennehy, of Melbourne. The woodwork and carpentry was completed by Charles Hardy. In 1918, when the diocese was erected, St Michael’s became a cathedral. The second stage followed, that commenced in 1922 and completed in 1925. The architect was W. J. Monks, and the overall construction cost was £34,894. The imposing building was constructed from sandstone, of cruciform plan with clerestoried nave and lofty tower placed to the left of the main façade. In addition, the building consists of side aisles, porch, chancel, sacristy, chapel, and gallery. Roof framings are exposed timber internally and sheeted with slates externally. Walls are rock faced

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generally with dressed window and door surrounds and

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. Internally the altars contain some finely crafted marble pieces and large stained glass windows in groups of three, giving a soft filtered light. A feature of the cathedral is the massive tower bell weighing cast in the factory of Byrnes, of Dublin. The marble high altar was brought from Carrara, Italy and has subsequently been removed.

Cathedral organ

George Fincham built a two-manual organ of 10 speaking stops for St Michael's Church in 1887. This was removed in 1892 and installed in the Chapel of St Peter at the Church of England Grammar School, Melbourne. The present organ, installed on the rear gallery in 1999 by Laurie Pipe Organs, was built by Samuel Lewis, an employee of George Fincham, who was his first apprentice as far back as 1864 and his first foreman, it is thought for the Dorcas Street Presbyterian Church in South Melbourne; it originally had two manuals and 17 speaking stops. It was installed at the Presbyterian Church, Denbigh Road, Armidale, in 1911 and in 1939 the mechanical action was converted to tubular-pneumatic by C.W. Andrewartha, who supplied a detached console. The casework with its carved transom rails, may also date from this time. The instrument was rebuilt in 1975 by Laurie Pipe Organs who converted the manual actions back to mechanical, electrified the pedal and stop actions, provided a new attached drawstop console, and supplied new Mixtures to the Great and Swell, a Trumpet 8 ft, and the pedal upper work. In 2011 it was given a small overhaul by Darrell Pitchford. The front facade pipes were changed to silver and the stop mechanisms and pipes were cleaned and adjusted.

Parishes

*Albury *Albury - North *Albury - Lavington *Albury - Thurgoona *Berrigan *Cathedral *Coolamon *Corowa *Culcairn *Darlington Point-Colleambally/Jerilderie *Finley *Ganmain *Griffith *Holbrook *Howlong *Jerilderie *Junee *Khancoban *Leeton *Lockhart *Mulwala *Narrandera *Tarcutta *The Rock *Tocumwal *Tumbarumba *Urana *Wagga Wagga South *Wagga Wagga West *Wagga Wagga - Kooringal :

Schools

The list below shows the schools in the diocese who are governed by Catholic Edution Diocese of Wagga Wagga (CEDWW) https://ww.catholic.edu.au/. Their attributed parish is also shown. The diocese is split into four areas and the schools are allocated based on proximity.

Albury region

Secondary School *

Xavier High School, Albury Xavier High School, Albury is an independent Catholic systemic secondary day school for boys and girls, located in Albury, New South Wales, Australia. Xavier High School is supported and partially funded by the Catholic School's Office, Di ...

- North Albury Primary Schools * St Patrick's Catholic School - Albury * St Anne's Catholic School - North Albury * St Mary's Catholic School, Corowa - Corowa

Griffith region

Secondary Schools * Marian Catholic College - Griffith *

St Francis de Sales Regional College St Francis De Sales Regional College is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational secondary day and boarding school, located in the Riverina town of Leeton, New South Wales, Australia.. Founded in 1956 by the Marist Brothers, the College is ...

- Leeton Primary Schools * St Patrick's Primary School - Griffith * St Joseph's Primary School - Leeton

Wagga Wagga region

Secondary Schools *

Kildare Catholic College Kildare Catholic College is an independent Roman Catholic co-educational secondary day school located in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. Kildare Catholic College works with heritage links to Nano Nagle, the foundress of the Presentati ...

- Our Lady of Fatima, South Wagga Wagga * Mater Dei Catholic College - Sacred Heart, Kooringal Primary Schools * All Saints Catholic Primary School - Tumbarumba * Henscke Catholic Primary School - Our Lady of Fatima, South Wagga WaggaOur Lady of Fatima Parish, South Wagga
Retrieved 13 of March 2018. * Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School - West Wagga Wagga * Mater Dei Catholic Primary School - Sacred Heart, Kooringal * Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School - Sacred Heart, Kooringal * Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School - Cathedral, Central Wagga Wagga * Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School - Junee * Saint Michael's Catholic Primary School - Coolamon * Saint Brendan’s Catholic Primary School - Ganmain * Saint Joseph’s Catholic Primary School - Lockhart

References

External links

Catholic Diocese of Wagga Wagga
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Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga (; informally called Wagga) is a major regional city in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, with an urban population of more than 56,000 as of June 2018, Wagga Wagga is the state's ...

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