The Diocese of Broome is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Australia. The diocese covers the Kimberley and Pilbara regions of Western Australia. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Perth. Its cathedral episcopal see is Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathedral, in Broome, Western Australia.

History

On 10 May 1887, it was established initially as an Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberley in Western Australia, on territory split off from the then Diocese of Perth. On 4 May 1910, it lost territory to establish the Mission sui juris of Drysdale River, which was later renamed Kalumburu. On 13 November 1959, it was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Kimberleys. It was elevated as a diocese on 7 June 1966. In 1980, it regained the territory of the suppressed Mission sui juris of Kalumburu.

Episcopal ordinaries

The following individuals were ordinaries of Broome.

Vicars Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia

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Bishops of Broome

!Order !Name !Title !Date enthroned !Reign ended !Term of office !Reason for term end || || Appointed bishop of Broome.

Parishes

, the diocese had nineteen parishes: