Diocese of Lismore

Historical Details

• Diocese of Grafton
  • Latin Name: Graftoniensis
  • Erected: 5 May 1887
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Sydney
  • Country: Australia

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Jeremiah Joseph Doyle † (13 May 1887 Appointed - 4 Jun 1909 Died)
• John Joseph Carroll † (2 Dec 1909 Appointed - 8 May 1949 Died)
• Patrick Joseph Farrelly † (8 May 1949 Succeeded - 1 Sep 1971 Retired)
• John Steven Satterthwaite † (1 Sep 1971 Succeeded - 1 Dec 2001 Resigned)
• Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett (1 Dec 2001 Succeeded - 20 Dec 2016 Retired)
• Gregory Paul Homeming, O.C.D. (20 Dec 2016 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Lismore
1950	30,105	168,438	17.9%	45	14	59	510		10	273	25	ap1951
1966	44,710	188,288	23.7%	52	16	68	657		28	330	28	ap1967
1970	45,250	187,787	24.1%	49	70	119	380		100	296	28	ap1971
1980	56,600	200,400	28.2%	57	14	71	797		37	260	30	ap1981
1990	63,920	301,000	21.2%	53	8	61	1,047		30	175	30	ap1991
1999	100,067	421,216	23.8%	49	11	60	1,667		18	154	28	ap2000
2000	100,067	421,216	23.8%	51	12	63	1,588		19	133	28	ap2001
2001	100,067	421,216	23.8%	46	10	56	1,786	2	17	139	28	ap2002
2002	110,770	421,219	26.3%	45	8	53	2,090	2	15	129	28	ap2003
2003	105,609	441,734	23.9%	43	7	50	2,112	2	16	118	28	ap2004
2004	105,609	441,734	23.9%	48	8	56	1,885	2	19	91	28	ap2005
2013	111,444	479,754	23.2%	45	17	62	1,797	2	27	93	28	ap2014
2016	116,870	504,200	23.2%	47	10	57	2,050	4	17	89	22	ap2017
2019	104,583	504,442	20.7%	46	7	53	1,973	2	14	70	22	ap2020
2021	107,640	519,640	20.7%	41	13	54	1,993	2	19	70	22	ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Gregory Paul Homeming, O.C.D. (Bishop: 20 Dec 2016 - )
• Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett (Coadjutor Bishop: 9 Dec 2000; Bishop: 1 Dec 2001 to 20 Dec 2016)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• John Joseph Carroll † (Bishop: 2 Dec 1909 to 8 May 1949)
• Jeremiah Joseph Doyle † (Bishop: 13 May 1887 to 4 Jun 1909)
• Patrick Joseph Farrelly † (Priest: 1 Dec 1918; Coadjutor Bishop: 28 Apr 1931; Bishop: 8 May 1949 to 1 Sep 1971)
• Norman Thomas Gilroy † (Priest: 24 Dec 1923 to 10 Dec 1934)
• Thomas Absolam McCabe † (Priest: 20 Dec 1925 to 13 Dec 1938)
• Terence Bernard McGuire † (Priest: 19 Mar 1904 to 12 Feb 1930)
• Thomas William Muldoon † (Priest: 22 Dec 1941 to 1 Mar 1960)
• John Steven Satterthwaite † (Coadjutor Bishop: 6 Mar 1969; Bishop: 1 Sep 1971 to 1 Dec 2001)