Roman Catholic Diocese of Darwin

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The Diocese of Darwin is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Adelaide. As the largest diocese in Australia by physical area covered, the Diocese of Darwin was initially administered by the Vicariate Apostolic of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land. In 1845, the Vicariate Apostolic of Essington was erected; becoming elevated as part of the Diocese of Victoria in 1847; as the Diocese of Victoria–Palmerston in 1888; and its name changed to the Diocese of Darwin in 1938.

Ordinaries

Ordinaries of Darwin: !Order !Name !Title !Date enthroned !Reign ended !Term of office !Reason for term end

Cathedral

See St Mary's Star of the Sea Cathedral, Darwin.

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