Roman Catholic Diocese of Bunbury

Latin Catholic diocese in Australia

Diocese of Bunbury

Dioecesis Bumburiensis

Location
Country|  Australia
Territory| South West and Great Southern, Western Australia
Ecclesiastical province| Perth
Coordinates| 33°19′46″S 115°38′13″E﻿ / ﻿33.32944°S 115.63694°E﻿ / -33.32944; 115.63694
Statistics
Area| 184,000 km2 (71,000 sq mi)
Population

* Total

* Catholics

* (as of 2012)

* 283,000

* 58,522 (20.7%)

Parishes| 27
Information
Denomination| Catholic Church
Sui iuris church| Latin Church
Rite| Roman Rite
Established| 12 November 1954
Cathedral| St Patrick's Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope| Leo XIV
Bishop| George Kołodziej
Bishops emeritus| Gerard Holohan
Website
Catholic Diocese of Bunbury

The Diocese of Bunbury is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Australia. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Perth. The Diocese of Bunbury was established in 1954, and covers the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia.

## Ordinaries

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The following men have been Bishop of Bunbury:[1]

Order  | Name  | Date enthroned  | Reign ended  | Term of office  | Reason for term end

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1 | Lancelot Goody † | 12 November 1954 | 18 October 1968 | 13 years, 341 days | Elevated as Archbishop of Perth
2 | Myles McKeon † | 6 March 1969 | 18 February 1982 | 12 years, 349 days | Resigned and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury
3 | Peter Quinn † | 26 May 1982 | 20 December 2000 | 18 years, 208 days | Resigned and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury
4 | Gerard Joseph Holohan | 5 September 2001 | 30 June 2023 | 21 years, 298 days | Resigned and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury
5 | George Kołodziej SDS | 20 March 2025 | Incumbent | 147 days |

## Parishes

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The diocese is divided into three separate deaneries that administer individual parishes:[2]

1. Great Southern deanery with regular liturgical services held in the parishes of Albany (St Joseph), Denmark (St Mary), Esperance (Star of the Sea), Katanning (St Patrick), Kojonup (St Bernard), Lake Grace (Maria Regina), Mount Barker (Sacred Heart), Narrogin (St Matthew), and Wagin (St Joseph)
2. Lower South West deanery with regular liturgical services held in the parishes of Boyup Brook (St Mary), Bridgetown (St Brigid), Busselton (St Joseph and Our Lady of the Bay), Donnybrook (St Mary), Dunsborough (Our Lady of the Southern Cross), Manjimup (St Joseph), Margaret River (St Thomas More), and Pemberton (Sacred Heart)
3. South West deanery with regular liturgical services held in the parishes of Bunbury (Cathedral Parish of St Patrick), Brunswick Junction (Our Lady's Assumption), Collie (St Brigid), Dardanup (The Immaculate Conception), Dawesville (St Damien), Harvey (Our Lady of Immaculate Conception), Australind (Church of the Living Vine), Mandurah (Our Lady's Assumption), Pinjarra (St Augustine), and Waroona (St Patrick)

## Controversy

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Main article: Catholic sexual abuse scandal in Australia

In 2003 Adrian Richard Van Klooster, a Catholic priest, pleaded guilty to four counts of indecently dealing with children under the age of 13 and was found with child pornography on his computer.[3]

## See also

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* Catholicism portal
* Western Australia portal

* Catholic Church in Australia

## References

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1. ^ "Diocese of Bunbury". The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 20 February 2001. Retrieved 5 January 2007.
2. ^ "Parishes in the Bunbury Diocese". Catholic Diocese of Bunbury. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
3. ^ "Bishop's plea after priest convicted". The Catholic Weekly. Australia. 2 February 2003. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2011.

## External links

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* Catholic Diocese of Bunbury

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