MAITLAND, Diocese of. - In the eastern part of the State of New South Wales (Australia), erected on 25 June 1874, as a suffragan of Sydney. The erection was almost fictitious, in order to give the title to Msgr. William Henry Davis, appointed coadjutor of the Archbishop of Sydney, who never visited the diocese. The second bishop, Msgr. James Murray, was consecrated in Dublin on 14 Nov. 1865 and the following year went to the diocese and took possession of it on 1 Nov. 1866.

Over the years the diocese underwent various changes of boundaries; it now comprises the valleys of the Hunter and Manning rivers and has an area of 32,000 sq km, with a population of 230,000 inhabitants, of whom Catholics number more than 45,000 and the others are Protestants. There are 36 parishes and 60 churches, served by 82 diocesan priests and 21 religious, assisted by 44 religious communities. It has 66 schools and various social charity institutions and Catholic Action organizations. The Newcastle and M. catholic sentinel is published there.

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BIBL.: Australasian catholic directory 1950, Sydney 1950, pp. 196-203; P. Moran, History of the catholic Church in Australasia, ibid. n.d., pp. 333-36.

Saverio Paventi

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