Roman Catholic Diocese of Bunbury

The Diocese of Bunbury 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 Perth. The Diocese of Bunbury was established in 1954, and covers the South West and Great Southern regions of Western Australia.

Diocese of Bunbury Dioecesis Bumburiensis
Location
Country	Australia
Territory	South West and Great Southern, Western Australia
Ecclesiastical province	Perth
Coordinates	33°19′46″S 115°38′13″E
Statistics
Area	184,000 km2 (71,000 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2012) 283,000 58,522 (20.7%)
Parishes	27
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	12 November 1954
Cathedral	St Patrick's Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	George Kołodziej
Bishops emeritus	Gerard Holohan
Website
Catholic Diocese of Bunbury

Ordinaries

The following men have been Bishop of Bunbury:^[1]

Order	Name	Date enthroned	Reign ended	Term of office	Reason for term end
1	Lancelot Goody †	12 November 1954	18 October 1968	13 years, 341 days	Elevated as Archbishop of Perth
2	Myles McKeon †	6 March 1969	18 February 1982	12 years, 349 days	Resigned and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury
3	Peter Quinn †	26 May 1982	20 December 2000	18 years, 208 days	Resigned and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury
4	Gerard Joseph Holohan	5 September 2001	30 June 2023	21 years, 298 days	Resigned and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Bunbury
5	George Kołodziej SDS	20 March 2025	Incumbent	49 days

Parishes

The diocese is divided into three separate deaneries that administer individual parishes:^[2]

1. Great Southern deanery with regular liturgical services held in the parishes of Albany (St Joseph), Denmark (St Mary), Esperance (Star of the Sea), Katanning (St Patrick), Kojonup (St Bernard), Lake Grace (Maria Regina), Mount Barker (Sacred Heart), Narrogin (St Matthew), and Wagin (St Joseph)
2. Lower South West deanery with regular liturgical services held in the parishes of Boyup Brook (St Mary), Bridgetown (St Brigid), Busselton (St Joseph and Our Lady of the Bay), Donnybrook (St Mary), Dunsborough (Our Lady of the Southern Cross), Manjimup (St Joseph), Margaret River (St Thomas More), and Pemberton (Sacred Heart)
3. South West deanery with regular liturgical services held in the parishes of Bunbury (Cathedral Parish of St Patrick), Brunswick Junction (Our Lady's Assumption), Collie (St Brigid), Dardanup (The Immaculate Conception), Dawesville (St Damien), Harvey (Our Lady of Immaculate Conception), Australind (Church of the Living Vine), Mandurah (Our Lady's Assumption), Pinjarra (St Augustine), and Waroona (St Patrick)

Controversy

Main article: Catholic sexual abuse scandal in Australia

In 2003 Adrian Richard Van Klooster, a Catholic priest, pleaded guilty to four counts of indecently dealing with children under the age of 13 and was found with child pornography on his computer.^[3]

See also

• Catholicism portal
• Western Australia portal

• Catholic Church in Australia