Roman Catholic Diocese of Sale

Catholic ecclesiastical territory

Diocese of Sale

Dioecesis Saliensis

Location
Country|  Australia
Territory| South Eastern and Gippsland regions of Victoria
Coordinates| 38°06′40″S 147°03′47″E﻿ / ﻿38.11111°S 147.06306°E﻿ / -38.11111; 147.06306
Statistics
Area| 44,441 km2 (17,159 sq mi)
Population

* Total

* Catholics

* (as of 2004)

* 372,979

* 92,746 ( 24.9%)

Parishes|  25
Information
Denomination| Catholic
Sui iuris church| Latin Church
Rite| Roman Rite
Established| 10 May 1887
Cathedral| St Mary's Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope| Leo XIV
Bishop| Gregory Bennet
Map
Website
sale.catholic.org.au

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sale is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Melbourne, that covers the south east of Victoria, Australia. The diocese was established in 1887.

Gregory Bennet was appointed bishop of Sale on 27 June 2020.

## History

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The Diocese of Sale was established by Pope Leo XIII on 26 April 1887. The first bishop of the Diocese, James Francis Corbett, was a priest of the Diocese of Limerick, Ireland, who was responsible for the Mission (later Parish) of St Kilda and Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Melbourne at the time of his appointment. Corbett was consecrated bishop on 25 August 1887 in St Mary's Church, East St Kilda, by Archbishop of Melbourne, Thomas Carr. Bishop Corbett consecrated St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, on account of his superior vocal ability.

The second Bishop of Sale, Patrick Phelan, saw to the establishment of a school system in the Diocese. The fourth bishop, Patrick Lyons, saw the 1959 change to the boundaries of the Diocese, which incorporated into Sale from the Melbourne Archdiocese the parishes of Berwick, Cranbourne, Pakenham, Iona, Maryknoll, Koo Wee Rup, Dalyston and Korrumburra. These parishes, while they were mainly rural areas at the time, have seen rapid growth and are now considered outer suburbs of the Melbourne metropolitan area.

## Bishops

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### Ordinaries

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Church of the Immaculate Conception at Omeo; consecrated in 1903

The following individuals have served as Roman Catholic Bishop of Sale:[1]

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

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1 | James Francis Corbett | 13 May 1887 | 29 May 1912 | 25 years, 16 days | Died in office
2 | Patrick Phelan | 2 November 1912 | 5 January 1925 | 12 years, 64 days | Died in office
3 | Richard Ryan C.M. | 10 March 1926 | 16 June 1957 | 31 years, 98 days | Died in office
4 | Patrick Lyons | 16 June 1957 | 13 August 1967 | 10 years, 58 days | Died in office
5 | Arthur Fox | 29 November 1967 | 25 February 1981 | 13 years, 88 days | Retired and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Sale
6 | Eric D'Arcy | 25 February 1981 | 24 October 1988 | 7 years, 242 days | Elevated to Archbishop of Hobart
7 | Jeremiah Coffey | 8 April 1989 | 2 January 2008 | 18 years, 269 days | Retired and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Sale
8 | Christopher Prowse | 18 June 2009 | 19 November 2013 | 4 years, 154 days | Appointed Archbishop of Canberra–Goulburn
9 | Patrick O'Regan | 26 February 2015 | 19 March 2020 | 10 years, 167 days | Appointed Archbishop of Adelaide
10 | Gregory Bennet | 8 December 2020 | Incumbent | 4 years, 247 days |

### Coadjutor bishop

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* Patrick Francis Lyons (1956–1957)

### Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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* Patrick Mary O'Donnell, appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Brisbane in 1948
* Noel Desmond Daly, appointed Bishop of Sandhurst in 1979
* Michael Joseph McKenna, appointed Bishop of Bathurst in 2009

## Cathedral

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Main article: St Mary's Cathedral, Sale

St Mary's Cathedral, Sale is the cathedral church of the diocese, under the patronage of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Purpose-built as a cathedral, St Mary's boasts a Romanesque onyx high altar, notable stained glass windows and a large statue of Mary Help of Christians as its features. Four of Sale's bishops are buried in the cathedral: Bishop Corbett lies in the main section of the church beneath the front rows of pews on the right hand side and Bishops Ryan, Lyons and Fox are interred in the Lady Chapel.

## Boundaries

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The diocese covers south east Victoria, from the eastern suburbs of Melbourne to the New South Wales border, including all of Gippsland.

## See also

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* Catholicism portal
* Australia portal

* Catholic Church in Australia

## References

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1. ^ "Diocese of Sale". The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 21 May 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

## External links

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