Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Perth
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The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perth is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Australia covering the Greater Perth, Goldfields-Esperance, Peel and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia.
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Metropolitan Archdiocese of Perth Archidioecesis Metropolitae Perthensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Australia |
Territory | Greater Perth, Goldfields-Esperance, Peel, Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
Ecclesiastical province | Perth |
Statistics | |
Area | 427,377 km2 (165,011 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 1,855,000 426,641 ( 23%) |
Parishes | 108 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 6 May 1845 as Diocese of Perth; 28 August 1913 as Archdiocese of Perth |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (St Mary's), Perth |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Timothy Costelloe |
Auxiliary Bishops | Donald Sproxton |
Bishops emeritus | Barry Hickey |
Website | |
perthcatholic.org.au |
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St Mary's Cathedral located in Perth, Western Australia, is the seat of the Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Perth, currently Timothy Costelloe, appointed in February 2012.[1][2][3][4][5]