Diocese of Darwin

{{Short description|Latin Catholic territory in Australia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2011}} {{Infobox diocese | jurisdiction = Diocese | name = Darwin | latin = Dioecesis Darvinensis | local =  | image = St Mary's Cathedral, Darwin, Australia.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = St. Mary's Cathedral  | country = {{flag|Australia}} | metropolitan = Archdiocese of Adelaide | territory = Northern Territory | province = Province of Adelaide | coordinates = {{coord|12|26|45|S|130|50|19|E|source:kolossus-plwiki|display=inline}}  | area_km2 = 1,352,212 | population = {{profit}} 205,900 | population_as_of = 2009 | catholics = {{profit}} 45,600  | catholics_percent = {{steady}} 22.1 | parishes = {{steady}} 11  | churches =  | congregations =  | schools =  | members =   | denomination = Catholic Church | sui_iuris_church = Latin Church | rite = Roman Rite | established = 1845 as the Vicariate Apostolic of Essington;<br />27 May 1847 as the Diocese of Victoria;<br />10 August as the Diocese of Victoria-Palmerston;<br />29 March 1938 as the Diocese of Darwin | cathedral = St Mary's Star of the Sea Cathedral, Darwin | cocathedral = | patron = | priests =   | pope = {{Incumbent pope}} | bishop = Charles Gauci | bishop_title = Bishop | metro_archbishop = | coadjutor = | auxiliary_bishops = | vicar_general = | emeritus_bishops = Daniel Eugene Hurley  | map = Bistum Darwin.svg | map_alt = | map_caption =  | website = [http://www.darwin.catholic.org.au/ darwin.catholic.org.au] | footnotes = }} The '''Diocese of Darwin''' is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Adelaide.

As the largest diocese in Australia by physical area covered, the Diocese of Darwin was initially administered by the Vicariate Apostolic of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land. In 1845, the Vicariate Apostolic of Essington was erected; becoming elevated as part of the Diocese of Victoria in 1847; as the Diocese of Victoria–Palmerston in 1888; and its name changed to the Diocese of Darwin in 1938.

==Ordinaries== Ordinaries of Darwin:<ref>{{cite web |title=Diocese of Darwin |work=The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/ddarw.html |date=20 February 2011 |access-date=5 January 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.darwin.catholic.org.au/our-story/history-nt-church.htm|title=Our Story – History of NT Church|publisher=Diocese of Darwin|access-date=2014-09-06|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906112345/http://www.darwin.catholic.org.au/our-story/history-nt-church.htm|archive-date=6 September 2014}}</ref> :{| class="wikitable" !Order !Name !Title !Date enthroned !Reign ended !Term of office !Reason for term end |- |align="center"|{{nts|1}} ||Joseph Serra y Juliá, OSB † ||Bishop of Victoria ||align="center"|9 July 1847 ||align="center"|7 August 1849 ||align="right"|{{age in years and days|1847|07|09|1849|08|07}} ||Elevated as Coadjutor Bishop of Perth |- |align="center"|{{nts|2}} ||Rosendo Salvado, OSB † ||Bishop of Victoria ||align="center"|9 August 1849 ||align="center"|1 August 1888 ||align="right"|{{age in years and days|1849|08|09|1888|08|01}} ||Resigned and appointed as Titular Bishop of Adraa |- |rowspan=2 align="center"|{{nts|3}} ||rowspan=2|Francis Xavier Gsell, MSC † ||Apostolic Administrator of Victoria-Palmerston||align="center"|23 April 1906 ||align="center"|29 March 1938 ||align="right"|{{age in years and days|1906|04|23|1938|03|29}} ||Elevated as Bishop of Darwin |- |Bishop of Darwin||align="center"|29 March 1938 ||align="center"|10 November 1948 ||align="right"|{{age in years and days|1938|03|29|1948|11|10}} ||Retired and appointed as Bishop Emeritus of Darwin |- |align="center"|{{nts|4}} ||John Patrick O'Loughlin, MSC †||Bishop of Darwin ||align="center"|13 January 1949 ||align="center"|14 November 1985 ||align="right"|{{age in years and days|1949|01|13|1985|11|14}} || Died in office |- |align="center"|{{nts|5}} ||Edmund John Patrick Collins, MSC † ||Bishop of Darwin ||align="center"|28 April 1986 ||align="center"|3 July 2007 ||align="right"|{{age in years and days|1986|04|28|2007|07|03}} || Retired and appointed as Bishop Emeritus of Darwin |- |align="center"|{{nts|6}} ||Eugene Hurley ||Bishop of Darwin ||align="center"|3 July 2007 ||align="center"|27 June 2018||align="right"|{{age in years and days|2007|07|03|2018|6|27}} || Retired and appointed as Bishop Emeritus of Darwin |- |align="center"|{{nts|7}} || Charles Gauci<ref>{{cite news |url=https://catholicoutlook.org/adelaide-priest-fr-charles-gauci-named-new-bishop-of-darwin/ |title=Adelaide priest Fr Charles Gauci named new Bishop of Darwin |date=28 June 2018 |newspaper=CatholicOutlook |publisher=Diocese of Parramatta |access-date=1 July 2018}}</ref> || Bishop of Darwin ||align="center"|26 September 2018 ||present || {{age in years and days |2018|9|26}} || |}

==Cathedral== See St Mary's Star of the Sea Cathedral, Darwin.

==See also== {{stack|{{Portal|Catholicism}}}} * Catholic Church in Australia

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.darwin.catholic.org.au/ Catholic Diocese of Darwin]

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