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Since the 1980s, Catholicism has been largest Christian denomination in Australia, constituting around one-quarter of the overall population and becoming slightly larger than the Anglican and Uniting churches combined.
- List of Catholic dioceses in Australia
A geographical map of the 28 Roman Catholic dioceses in...
- List of Catholic dioceses in Australia
See: List of cathedrals in Australia#Roman Catholic. Cathedral of St Stephen, Brisbane. Holy Name Cathedral, Brisbane. Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo. St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Adelaide. St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Wollongong. St John's Pro-Cathedral. St Mary's Cathedral, Perth.
- Christ's Faithful
- Dioceses
- "Religious Orders"
- Provinces and Metropolitans
All who have been baptised have rights and responsibilities in the Church, whether or not they have been ordained (as bishops, priests or deacons), or taken religious vows (see below). Their activity in the Church is succinctly expressed in the following excerpt from the Code of Canon Law: Since they share the Church's mission, all Christ's faithfu...
In Australia, there are thirty-three dioceses in union with the Pope. The Church defines a diocese as "a portion of the people of God, which is entrusted to a bishop..." or, as "a community of Christ's faithful in communion of faith and sacraments with their bishop...". A diocese usually has a defined territory and comprises all the Catholics who l...
In church law, these groups are known as Institutes of Consecrated Life or Societies of Apostolic Life. Their members live in community and bind themselves to a way of life under vows. They are governed according to their own constitutions, which are usually approved by the Pope, in some cases by the local bishop. They cannot work in a diocese with...
A province is a grouping of several neighbouring dioceses, formed to promote common pastoral action in the region. The senior diocese is known as metropolitan, the others as suffragan. The bishop of the senior diocese is also known as the Metropolitan and has certain limited functions, but no powers of governance outside his own diocese. In Austral...
Timothy Costelloe, S.D.B. Nunzio apostolico. Charles Daniel Balvo. Santi patroni. Maria aiuto dei cristiani. Codice. AU. Manuale. La Chiesa cattolica in Australia è parte della Chiesa Cattolica universale, sotto la guida spirituale del Papa e della Santa Sede .
The first Catholics to reside in Australia arrived with the First Fleet in 1788. They were mostly Irish convicts, together with a few Royal Marines. One-tenth of all convicts transported to Australia were Catholic, and half of these were born in Ireland, while a good proportion of the others were English-born but of Irish extraction.
The first Catholics to reside in Australia arrived with the First Fleet in 1788. They were mostly Irish convicts, together with a few Royal Marines. One-tenth of all convicts transported to Australia were Catholic, and half of these were born in Ireland, while a good proportion of the others were English-born but of Irish extraction.
