Diocese of Townsville
Dioecesis Tovnsvillensis
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| Country | Australia |
| Territory | North Queensland |
| Ecclesiastical province | Brisbane |
| Coordinates | 19°15′32″S 146°48′42″E / 19.25889°S 146.81167°E / -19.25889; 146.81167 |
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| Area | 435,200 km2 (168,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 252,289 74,084 ( 29.4%%) |
| Parishes |  27 |
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| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 12 February 1930 |
| Cathedral | Sacred Heart Cathedral, Townsville |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Tim Harris |
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| Catholic Diocese of Townsville | |
The Diocese of Townsville is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic ChurchinAustralia. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Brisbane. Erected in 1930, the Diocese of Townsville covers North Queensland. It was assembled from territory separated from the Diocese of Rockhampton.
The following men have been Bishops of Townsville:[1]
| Order | Name | Date enthroned | Reign ended | Term of office | Reason for term end |
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| 1 | Terence Bernard McGuire † | 12 February 1930 | 14 June 1938 | 8 years, 122 days | Appointed Bishop of Goulburn |
| 2 | Hugh Edward Ryan † | 13 July 1938 | 14 September 1967 | 29 years, 63 days | Retired and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Townsville |
| 3 | Leonard Anthony Faulkner † | 14 September 1967 | 2 September 1983 | 15 years, 353 days | Elevated as Coadjutor ArchbishopofAdelaide |
| 4 | Raymond Conway Benjamin † | 14 February 1984 | 18 April 2000 | 16 years, 64 days | Retired and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Townsville |
| 5 | Michael Ernest Putney † | 24 January 2001 | 28 March 2014 | 13 years, 53 days | Died in office |
| 6 | Timothy James Harris | 3 May 2017[2] | incumbent |
The diocese is divided into four separate deaneries that administer individual parishes:[3]
The Townsville Catholic Education Office operates a number of schools in the diocese:[4]
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