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Diocese of Wollongong Dioecesis Vollongongensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Territory | Illawarra and Southern Highlands regions of New South Wales |
| Ecclesiastical province | Sydney |
| Coordinates | 34°25′22″S 150°53′32″E / 34.42278°S 150.89222°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 6,121 km2 (2,363 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 647,912 195,669 ( 30.2%) |
| Parishes |  28 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 15 November 1951 |
| Cathedral | St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Wollongong |
| Patron saint | Immaculate Heart of Mary |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Brian Mascord |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Anthony Fisher OP |
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| Catholic Diocese of Wollongong | |
The Diocese of Wollongong is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Australia. Established in 1951, the diocese covers the Illawarra and Southern Highlands regions of New South Wales. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Sydney
St Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Wollongong is the cathedra of the Bishop of Wollongong, currently Brian Mascord.