Roman Catholic Diocese of Townsville

Diocese of Townsville Dioecesis Tovnsvillensis
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Townsville, taken in 1903 after Cyclone Leonta
Location
Country	Australia
Territory	North Queensland
Ecclesiastical province	Brisbane
Coordinates	19°15′32″S 146°48′42″E / 19.25889°S 146.81167°E / -19.25889; 146.81167
Statistics
Area	435,200 km2 (168,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 252,289 74,084 ( 29.4%%)
Parishes	27
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	12 February 1930
Cathedral	Sacred Heart Cathedral, Townsville
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Tim Harris
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Catholic Diocese of Townsville

The Diocese of Townsville 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 Brisbane. Erected in 1930, the Diocese of Townsville covers North Queensland. It was assembled from territory separated from the Diocese of Rockhampton.

The following men have been Bishops of Townsville:^[1]

Order	Name	Date enthroned	Reign ended	Term of office	Reason for term end
1	Terence Bernard McGuire †	12 February 1930	14 June 1938	8 years, 122 days	Appointed Bishop of Goulburn
2	Hugh Edward Ryan †	13 July 1938	14 September 1967	29 years, 63 days	Retired and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Townsville
3	Leonard Anthony Faulkner †	14 September 1967	2 September 1983	15 years, 353 days	Elevated as Coadjutor Archbishop of Adelaide
4	Raymond Conway Benjamin †	14 February 1984	18 April 2000	16 years, 64 days	Retired and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Townsville
5	Michael Ernest Putney †	24 January 2001	28 March 2014	13 years, 53 days	Died in office
6	Timothy James Harris	3 May 2017[2]	incumbent

• Francis Roberts Rush †, appointed Bishop of Rockhampton in 1960

The diocese is divided into four separate deaneries that administer individual parishes:^[3]

1. Townsville deanery with regular liturgical services held in Sacred Heart Cathedral, North Ward (St Joseph's), Cranbrook (Holy Spirit), Deeragun (St Anthony), Gulliver (Holy Family), Kirwan (The Good Shepherd), Magnetic Island (St Joan of Arc), Mundingburra (Blessed Mary MacKillop), Railway Estate (St Francis), South Townsville (St Patrick), West Townsville (St Mary), and Wulguru (St Joseph the Worker)
2. Northern deanery with regular liturgical services held in Abergowrie (St Theresa), Halifax (St Peter), Ingham (St Patrick), and Palm Island (St Anne)
3. Southern deanery with regular liturgical services held in Ayr (Sacred Heart), Bowen (St Mary), Burdekin Valley (St Joseph), Cannonvale (St Martin), Collinsville (Our Lady of Lourdes), Giru (St Joseph), Home Hill (St Colman), and Proserpine (St Catherine)
4. Western deanery with regular liturgical services held in Charters Towers (St Columba), Cloncurry (St Colman), Hughenden (Sacred Heart), Julia Creek (Holy Rosary), McKinlay (Our Lady of the Way), Mount Isa (Good Shepherd), Richmond (St Brigid), and Winton (St Patrick)

The Townsville Catholic Education Office operates a number of schools in the diocese:^{[citation needed]}

Townsville Schools

Southern Schools

Northern Schools

Western Schools

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  Sacred Heart Cathedral in Townsville
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  Interior of Sacred Heart Cathedral

• Catholic Church in Australia

• Catholic Diocese of Townsville