Back Diecéze Armidale Czech Bistum Armidale German Diócesis de Armidale Spanish Keuskupan Armidale (Katolik) ID Diocesi di Armidale Italian Kabiskopan Armidale (Katulik Roma) JV Diecezja Armidale Polish Епархия Армидейла Russian 天主教阿米代尔教区 Chinese
Diocese of Armidale Dioecesis Armidalensis | |
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 Cathedral of St Mary and St Joseph, Armidale; consecrated in 1912 | |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Territory | New England and Barwon River regions of New South Wales |
| Ecclesiastical province | Sydney |
| Coordinates | 30°30′58″S 151°39′50″E / 30.51611°S 151.66389°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 91,500 km2 (35,300 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 184,229 42,490 (23.1%) |
| Parishes | 25 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 28 November 1869 |
| Cathedral | Saints Mary and Joseph Catholic Cathedral |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Peter Murphy |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Anthony Fisher OP |
| Website | |
| armidale.catholic.org.au | |
The Diocese of Armidale 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 Sydney. The Diocese of Armidale was established in 1869 and covers the New England and Barwon River regions of New South Wales.
Saints Mary and Joseph Catholic Cathedral is the cathedra of the Bishop of Armidale, previously vacant after Michael Kennedy was appointed to the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.[1][2] On February 27th 2025, news broke that Pope Francis had appointed Rev. Dr Peter Murphy the new Bishop of Armidale. [3]
Up until this point the Administrator was Monsignor Edward (Ted) Wilkes, and the administrator sat with the other Australian Bishops while attending the Parramatta funeral of former Bishop Kevin Manning in 2024.
- ^ "Diocese of Armidale". The Official Directory of the Catholic Church in Australia. National Council of Priests of Australia. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ "Bishop Kennedy appointed Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle". Australian Catholics Bishops Conference Media Blog. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ "Pope names new Bishop of Armidale". CathNews. 27 February 2025. Retrieved 27 February 2025.