The Catholic Diocese of Bunbury

The Catholic Church in Australia is administratively and geographically divided into twenty eight dioceses. These are gathered together into provinces which, as a general rule, have the same boundaries as the States and Territories.

The Catholic Church in Australia is administratively and geographically divided into twenty eight dioceses. These are gathered together into provinces which, as a general rule, have the same boundaries as the States and Territories. Each diocese is served by a Bishop.

The Catholic Diocese of Bunbury extends from Mandurah in the west, to the Great Australian Bight in the east, encompassing the South West, Great Southern and South Coastal regions of Western Australia. It covers around 184,000 square kilometres, making it nearly one and a half times the size of England. It is home to more than 287,069 people (2006 Census), and includes three of the most rapidly growing areas in Australia.

Like most rural dioceses, Bunbury is asset-rich but income-poor. The vast majority of its assets are in the form of land used for building Churches, for schools, for services, including those to the sick, the elderly and to women. Clearly these assets are indispensable to the Church’s service of the communities in which its parishes are located.