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Currently there are 33 Catholic dioceses in Australia, consist of 5 metropolitan archdioceses, 21 suffragan dioceses, 2 non-metropolitan archdioceses, and 5 Eastern Rite dioceses. In addition there is a military ordinariate and a personal ordinariate.

A geographical map of the 28 Roman Catholic dioceses in Australia, coloured by ecclesiastical province. Archdioceses are coloured darker than their suffragans.

List of dioceses

Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Ecclesiastical Province of Adelaide

• Archdiocese of Adelaide
  • Diocese of Darwin
  • Diocese of Port Pirie

Ecclesiastical Province of Brisbane

• Archdiocese of Brisbane
  • Diocese of Cairns
  • Diocese of Rockhampton
  • Diocese of Toowoomba
  • Diocese of Townsville

Ecclesiastical Province of Melbourne

• Archdiocese of Melbourne
  • Diocese of Ballarat
  • Diocese of Sale
  • Diocese of Sandhurst

Ecclesiastical Province of Perth

• Archdiocese of Perth
  • Diocese of Broome
  • Diocese of Bunbury
  • Diocese of Geraldton

Ecclesiastical Province of Sydney

• Archdiocese of Sydney
  • Diocese of Armidale
  • Diocese of Bathurst
  • Diocese of Broken Bay
  • Diocese of Lismore
  • Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle
  • Diocese of Parramatta
  • Diocese of Wagga Wagga
  • Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes
  • Diocese of Wollongong

Immediately subject to the Holy See

• Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn
• Archdiocese of Hobart

Eastern Rite Dioceses

• Chaldean: Eparchy of St Thomas
• Maronite: Eparchy of St Maron
• Melkite: Eparchy of St Michael Archangel
• Syro-Malabar: Eparchy of St Thomas the Apostle
• Ukrainian: Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul

Ordinariates

• Military Ordinariate of Australia
• Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross

External links

• Dioceses - Catholic Church in Australia
• Catholic-Hierarchy
• GCatholic.org.