Message from the Apolistic Administrator
Catholic Diocese of Bunbury welcomes you. This website serves as a means of communication for our parishes, scattered across the South-Western portion of the State of Western Australia.
Ours is one of the most rapidly growing dioceses in the country. It includes some of the most rapidly increasing population centres in Australia.
We hope this website will be of service to all outside the Diocese who seek to learn something of our Catholic life.
Latest News & Events
Cardinal Pell Pastoral Letter
Dear Parishioners and Parents of Students in Catholic SchoolsWhat a distressing week it has been after we all heard of the guilty verdict against Cardinal George Pell. I cannot remember such a national media frenzy since the guilty verdict against […]
Diocesan Synod Final Round of Consultation
I would like to thank all who responded during the Consultation regarding the theme for our 2019 Synod. People’s responses came in many forms and were grouped into topics by members of the Synod Commission. In turn, Parish Pastoral Councils […]
Who owns what in the Bunbury Diocese?
Dear Parishioners People have been asking me about possible implications for parishes and Catholic schools of legislation passed earlier this year related to payments to survivors of abuse. I have tried to answer their questions in a Pastoral Letter entitled […]
Let us Share Our Lives with the Lord
Nothing in life compares with personal experiences of Christ. He is our Lord and Saviour. [1] Believers have suffered persecution, torture and death rather than risk losing these experiences. The gospels give numerous examples of people experiencing his power as […]
SYNOD CONSULTATION THANKS
I am most grateful to all who participated in the first two consultations for our 2019 Diocesan Synod. The response has been well beyond expectations. Many obviously took considerable time to consider what they wanted to say. I am grateful […]
Launch of the Safeguarding Program and call for Safeguarding Officers
To the people of the Bunbury Diocese I wish to repeat again my most sincere apology of Christmas 2015 to all those who have suffered the horrors of child abuse within the Church, particularly in the Bunbury Diocese. This apology […]
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Did you know...
27
Parishes serving
63,112
Catholics across the Diocese
12
Saint Vincent de Paul conferences helping
5,064
people across the region each year
145
Hospital beds where
23,799
people receive medical services every year
26
schools educating
9,854
students across the diocese