Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes

Historical Details

• Diocese of Wilcannia
  • Latin Name: Vilcanniensis
  • Erected: 10 May 1887
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Sydney
  • Country: Australia

Past and Present Ordinaries

• John Dunne † (13 May 1887 Appointed - 5 Dec 1916 Died)
• William Hayden † (13 Mar 1918 Appointed - 11 Feb 1930 Appointed, Archbishop of Hobart)
• Thomas Martin Fox † (9 Jun 1931 Appointed - 10 Jul 1967 Died)
• Douglas Joseph Warren † (26 Sep 1967 Appointed - 30 Mar 1994 Retired)
• Barry Francis Collins † (30 Mar 1994 Appointed - 15 Nov 2000 Died)
• Christopher Henry Toohey (9 Jul 2001 Appointed - 9 Jun 2009 Resigned)
• Columba Macbeth-Green, O.S.P.P.E. (12 Apr 2014 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 Wilcannia-Forbes
1950	20,720	97,005	21.4%	43	1	44	470		17	232	21	ap1951
1966	29,000	100,000	29.0%	44	2	46	630		16	163	24	ap1967
1970	37,500	100,000	37.5%	44	2	46	815		21	191	24	ap1971
1980	34,900	130,500	26.7%	33	2	35	997		21	129	24	ap1981
1990	36,700	138,000	26.6%	32		32	1,146		10	59	20	ap1991
1999	36,804	121,816	30.2%	21	2	23	1,600		14	58	21	ap2000
2000	36,804	121,816	30.2%	23	2	25	1,472		15	57	20	ap2001
2001	36,801	121,816	30.2%	18	3	21	1,752		15	57	20	ap2002
2002	36,001	112,008	32.1%	19	5	24	1,500		18	48	16	ap2003
2003	36,801	122,008	30.2%	17	4	21	1,752		16	49	20	ap2004
2004	35,904	118,257	30.4%	18	5	23	1,561		18	42	20	ap2005
2010	34,000	111,300	30.5%	16	5	21	1,619		10	33	20	ap2011*
2013	35,700	118,900	30.0%	13	5	18	1,983		9	31	20	ap2014
2014	36,400	121,100	30.1%	11	6	17	2,141		10	30	20	ap2015
2017	38,000	126,300	30.1%	9	6	15	2,533		11	24	20	ap2018
2020	35,904	118,257	30.4%	11	4	15	2,393		9	26	23	ap2021
2022	37,000	122,000	30.3%	15	2	17	2,176		2	8	24	ap2023

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

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Terence John Gerard Brady (Apostolic Administrator: 9 Jun 2009 to 30 Dec 2010)
• Michael Robert Kennedy (Apostolic Administrator: 1 Dec 2012 to 5 Jul 2014)
• Columba Macbeth-Green, O.S.P.P.E. (Bishop: 12 Apr 2014 - )
• Christopher Henry Toohey (Bishop: 9 Jul 2001 to 9 Jun 2009)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• William John Brennan † (Priest: 21 Dec 1960 to 16 Jan 1984)
• William Joseph Brennan † (Priest: 17 Dec 1927 to 7 Aug 1953)
• Barry Francis Collins † (Bishop: 30 Mar 1994 to 15 Nov 2000)
• John Neil Cullinane †
• John Dunne † (Bishop: 13 May 1887 to 5 Dec 1916)
• Thomas Martin Fox † (Priest: 2 Jun 1917; Bishop: 9 Jun 1931 to 10 Jul 1967)
• William Hayden † (Bishop: 13 Mar 1918 to 11 Feb 1930)
• Andrew Killian † (Priest: 4 Jun 1898 to 26 Feb 1924)
• Kevin Michael Manning † (Apostolic Administrator: 30 Dec 2010 to 1 Dec 2012)
• Eris Norman Michael O’Brien †
• Douglas Joseph Warren † (Priest: 20 Dec 1942; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Jun 1964; Bishop: 26 Sep 1967 to 30 Mar 1994)

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