Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hobart

Archdiocese of Hobart Archidioecesis Hobartensis
Location
Country	Australia
Territory	Tasmania
Ecclesiastical province	Hobart
Coordinates	42°53′09″S 147°19′35″E / 42.88583°S 147.32639°E / -42.88583; 147.32639
Statistics
Area	67,914 km2 (26,222 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2016) 509,965 79,454 ( 15.6%)
Parishes	27
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	5 April 1842 as the Vicariate Apostolic of Hobart; 22 April 1842 as the Diocese of Hobart; 3 August 1888 as the Archdiocese of Hobart
Cathedral	St Mary's Cathedral, Hobart
Patron saint	St Patrick
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Julian Porteous
Website
www.hobart.catholic.org.au

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hobart is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Australia located in Hobart and covering Tasmania, Australia.

Immediately subject to the Holy See, the area covered was initially administered by the Vicariate Apostolic of New Holland and Van Diemen’s Land. In 1842, the Vicariate Apostolic of Hobart was erected; elevated as a Diocese a few weeks later; and as an Archdiocese in 1888.

St Mary's Cathedral is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Hobart, currently Julian Porteous.

History

Established 5 April 1842 as the Vicariate Apostolic of Hobart and became Diocese of Hobart on the 22 April 1842. On the 3 August 1888 as the Archdiocese of Hobart.

Ordinaries

The following individuals have been appointed as Roman Catholic Bishops of Hobart or any of its precursor titles:^[1]

Order	Name	Title	Date enthroned	Reign ended	Term of office	Reason for term end
7000100000000000000♠1	Robert Willson †	Bishop of Hobart	22 April 1842	16 February 1866	23 years, 300 days	Resigned and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Hobart
7000200000000000000♠2	Daniel Murphy †	Coadjutor Bishop of Hobart	14 November 1865	8 March 1866	114 days	Succeeded as Bishop of Hobart
		Bishop of Hobart	8 March 1866	3 August 1888	22 years, 148 days	Elevated as Archbishop of Hobart
		Archbishop of Hobart	3 August 1888	29 December 1907	19 years, 148 days	Died in office
7000300000000000000♠3	Patrick Delany †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart	15 June 1893	29 December 1907	14 years, 197 days	Succeeded as Archbishop of Hobart
		Archbishop of Hobart	29 December 1907	7 May 1926	18 years, 129 days	Died in office
7000400000000000000♠4	William Barry †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart	7 April 1919	8 May 1926	7 years, 31 days	Succeeded as Archbishop of Hobart
		Archbishop of Hobart	8 May 1926	13 June 1929	3 years, 36 days	Died in office
7000500000000000000♠5	William Hayden †	Archbishop of Hobart	11 February 1930	2 October 1936	6 years, 234 days	Died in office
7000600000000000000♠6	Justin Simonds †	Archbishop of Hobart	18 February 1937	6 September 1942	5 years, 200 days	Appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Melbourne
7000700000000000000♠7	Ernest Victor Tweedy †	Archbishop of Hobart	7 December 1942	20 September 1955	12 years, 287 days	Resigned and appointed Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart
7000800000000000000♠8	Guilford Clyde Young †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart	10 October 1954	20 September 1955	345 days	Succeeded as Archbishop of Hobart
		Archbishop of Hobart	20 September 1955	16 March 1988	32 years, 178 days	Died in office
7000900000000000000♠9	Eric D'Arcy †	Archbishop of Hobart	24 October 1988	26 July 1999	10 years, 275 days	Retired and appointed Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart
7001100000000000000♠10	Adrian Leo Doyle	Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart	10 November 1997	26 July 1999	1 year, 258 days	Succeeded as Archbishop of Hobart
		Archbishop of Hobart	26 July 1999	19 July 2013	13 years, 358 days	Retired
7001110000000000000♠11	Julian Porteous	Archbishop of Hobart	17 September 2013	present	5 years, 28 days	Incumbent

Cathedral

St Mary's Cathedral, Hobart is the cathedral for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hobart.

Parishes

Controversy

In 2007 Gregory Ferguson, a Marist priest, was sentenced to two years jail (eligible for parole after 12 months) for offences in 1971 against two boys aged 13 at Marist College, Burnie, Tasmania. On 13 December 2007 he was sentenced to an additional three years' jail for offences against a third boy.^[2]

While in 2008, a jury found former priest Roger Michael Bellemore guilty on three counts of maintaining a sexual relationship with a young person under the age of 17 years in the 1960s and 1970s, while he was at the same College.^[3]

In 2015, Archbishop Julian Porteous was notified that a complaint had been filed with the office of Tasmania's Anti-discrimination Commissioner in relation to the distribution in all Tasmanian Catholic schools of a booklet, Don't Mess with Marriage, stating marriage should be a "heterosexual union between a man and a woman" and changing the law would endanger a child's upbringing. The complaint was filed by a transgender activist and Federal Greens candidate Martine Delaney. The complaint was called "'an attempt to silence' the Church over same-sex marriage" by Archbishop Porteous.^[4] The complaint was treated as a possible breach of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 (Tas), and sparked fierce debate on the issues of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and tolerance. The complaint was ultimately withdrawn.^[5]

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Australia

References

External links

• Catholic Archdiocese of Hobart