Diocese of Broken Bay Dioecesis Sinus Tortuosi | |
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Location | |
Country | Australia |
Territory | North Shore and Northern Beaches of greater metropolitan Sydney, and the Broken Bay and Central Coast regions of New South Wales |
Ecclesiastical province | Sydney |
Coordinates | 33°44′04″S 151°04′08″E / 33.73444°S 151.06889°E |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,763 km2 (1,067 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 819,000 206,000 ( 25.2%) |
Parishes | 40 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 8 April 1986 |
Cathedral | Our Lady of the Rosary, Waitara |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Anthony Randazzo |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Anthony Fisher OP |
Bishops emeritus | David Walker |
Map | |
Diocese is in the south east of Australia. | |
Website | |
bbcatholic.org.au |
The Diocese of Broken Bay is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese the Catholic Church in Australia. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Sydney.
On 20 November 2014, Bishop Peter Comensoli was appointed as the third bishop of the diocese. He was enthroned on 12 December 2014.[1] Bishop Comensoli was elevated to the position of Archbishop of Melbourne in June 2018 and was replaced by Bishop Anthony Randazzo as the fourth bishop of the diocese in November 2019.[2]