Global InformationRoman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba information
Diocese of Toowoomba Dioecesis Tuumbanus | |
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 St Patrick's Cathedral, Toowoomba, 2014 | |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Territory | Darling Downs and South West regions of Queensland |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Brisbane |
| Metropolitan | Brisbane |
| Coordinates | 27°33′41″S 151°57′53″E / 27.56139°S 151.96472°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 487,456 km2 (188,208 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 232,900 65,912 ( 28.3%%) |
| Parishes |  35 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 28 May 1929 |
| Cathedral | St Patrick's Cathedral, Toowoomba |
| Patron saint | Mary of the Southern Cross, Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Secular priests | 50 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Kenneth Howell |
| Bishops emeritus | Robert McGuckin William Morris |
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| Roman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba: is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Brisbane, established in 1929, covering the Darling Downs and south west regions of Queensland, Australia.
St Patrick's Cathedral is the seat of the Catholic Bishop of Toowoomba. The diocese covers an area of 487,000 square kilometres (188,000 sq mi). with 48 priests and 57 members of religious orders. There are 77,400 Catholics among the 276,700 total population within the diocese's borders.[citation needed]