CANBERRA-GOULBURN, ARCHDIOCESE OF. - In Australia until 1948 the archdiocese of C. G. was simply a diocese with its seat at Goulburn. It was erected on 28 Nov. 1863 with territory detached from the archdiocese of Sydney and made a suffragan of the same. On 10 May 1887 it underwent a boundary adjustment, and in 1917 the diocese of Wagga-Wagga was erected from a part of its territory, while twelve parishes detached from the archdiocese of Sydney were assigned to it.

In 1948 the diocese was elevated to the dignity of an archdiocese immediately subject, with its seat at Canberra, the federal capital, and with the title of C.-G.

Its territory extends over 58,511 sq km, with a Catholic population of 39,050 souls. Parishes 56, churches 147, diocesan priests 87, religious 19, brothers 33, sisters 421. In the primary schools 6,140 pupils are educated and 1,550 in the secondary schools. There are 4 hospitals and various other works of charity (1948).

Bibliography5 works

BIBL.: AAS, 9 (1917), pp. 424-26; 40 (1948), pp. 353-55; GM, p. 323; Australasian Catholic Directory, Sydney 1948, pp. 178-87; MC, pp. 125-26.

Saverio Paventi

@incollection{ec3_canberra_goulburn_arcidiocesi, author = {Paventi, Saverio}, title = {Canberra-Goulburn, arcidiocesi di}, booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica}, volume = {III}, pages = {507}, 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/canberra-goulburn-arcidiocesi-di} }

One of some 20,000 entries brought back from the twelve printed volumes (1948–54). Spotted something? Help us improve it.

Canberra-Goulburn, Archdiocese of

About this entry