Roman Catholic Diocese of Wagga Wagga
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The Diocese of Wagga Wagga is a Latin Church suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Sydney, established in 1917, covering the Riverina region of New South Wales in Australia.
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Diocese of Wagga Wagga Dioecesis Corvopolitanus | |
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Location | |
Country | Australia |
Territory | Riverina regions of New South Wales |
Metropolitan | Archdiocese of Sydney |
Coordinates | 35°06′26″S 147°22′21″E |
Statistics | |
Area | 62,160 km2 (24,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 1999) 206,000 62,000 ( 30.1%) |
Parishes | 31 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 28 July 1917 |
Cathedral | St Michael's, Wagga Wagga |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Mark Stuart Edwards |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Anthony Fisher OP |
Bishops emeritus | Gerard Joseph Hanna |
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Website | |
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St Michael's Cathedral is the 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 Christopher Prowse to be the Apostolic Administrator. 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.[1]