Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. II, 1949 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Bathurst, Diocese of

BATHURST, DIOCESI DI

By Giuseppe Monticone

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BATHURST, DIOCESE OF. - Erected by detachment from Sydney (Australia) and declared a suffragan by pontifical bull of 20 June 1865; the boundaries were rectified by another bull of 10 May 1887.

The area of the territory, situated in the State of New South Wales, is 64,360 sq. km.

According to the Australasian catholic directory of 1948, pp. 170-77, the Catholics number 32,260 and the rest (about 132,000) are Protestant. There are 21 parishes, 124 churches, 57 diocesan priests, 12 religious priests, 18 brothers, 336 sisters. The numerous Catholic schools are attended by 6,187 pupils, and on them the future development of the diocese largely depends.

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BIBL.: R. De Martinis, Jus Pontificium de Prop. Fide, VI, 1, Rome 1894, pp. 431-32; Leoni XIII Acta, 7 (1887), pp. 92-95; MC, p. 40.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II (1949), col. 998.

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Monticone, Giuseppe. “Bathurst, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, col. 998. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/bathurst-diocesi-di-2.

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Monticone, Giuseppe. “Bathurst, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. II, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 998. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/bathurst-diocesi-di-2.

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  author    = {Monticone, Giuseppe},
  title     = {Bathurst, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {II},
  pages     = {998},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/bathurst-diocesi-di-2}
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