Diocese of Port Pirie
| Diocese of Port Pirie Dioecesis Portus Piriensis | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Territory | Yorke and Eyre Peninsulas, Flinders Ranges, Nullarbor Plain, and Mid and Far North regions of South Australia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Adelaide |
| Coordinates | 33°10′46″S 138°00′29″E / 33.17944°S 138.00806°E |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 978,823 km2 (377,926 sq mi) |
| Population Total Catholics |
(as of 2004) 166,713 28,653 ( 17.2%) |
| Parishes | 23 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 10 May 1887 as Diocese of Port Augusta 7 June 1951 as Diocese of Port Pirie |
| Cathedral | St Mark's Cathedral, Port Pirie |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop-Elect | Karol Kulczycki SDS |
| Bishops emeritus | Gregory O'Kelly SJ |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| http://www.pp.catholic.org.au | |
The Diocese of Port Pirie is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Australia. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Adelaide, erected in 1887 covering the Yorke and Eyre Peninsulas, Flinders Ranges, Nullarbor Plain, and Mid and Far North regions of South Australia, Australia.
History
The Diocese of Port Augusta was canonically erected by Pope Leo XIII on 10 May 1887, the same day the pope elevated the See of Adelaide to a metropolitan archdiocese and placed the new diocese in its province. On 5 August 1951 the seat of the diocese was moved from Port Augusta to Port Pirie, with the name of the diocese being also changed.[1]
Bishops
The following men have been Bishops of Port Pirie or any of its precursor titles:[2]
Coadjutor bishop
- Francis Peter de Campo † (1979–1980)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Francis Augustin Henschke †, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Adelaide in 1937
Sexual abuse cases
The Royal Commission into Institutionalised Responses to Child Sexual Abuse revealed that Port Pirie was the third-worst diocese in the country, with 14.1% of its priests accused of abuse.[3]
In 2007, Father Charles Barnett was arrested in Jakarta, Indonesia where he had fled in 1995, and extradited to Australia.[4] Barnett pled guilty in 2009 to three child sex charges for events between 1977 and 1985 at Crystal Brook and Port Pirie.[5] He was sentenced for a fourth crime occurring in 1994 and was rearrested in for other crimes after his release.[6]
See also
Canonical status and jurisdiction
Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Pirie is a diocese of the catholic church of the Catholic Church.[7]
External links
References
- Back to citation "The Diocese of Port Augusta". The Southern Cross. Adelaide. 10 August 1951. p. 12. Retrieved 14 October 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- Back to citation "Diocese of Port Pirie". The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. 20 February 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2007.
- Back to citation "Port Pirie diocese on Catholic priest abuse shame list". Adelaide Now. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- Back to citation Thompson, Geoff (27 February 2008). "Priest arrested in Jakarta over child sex charges". ABC News. Archived from the original on 10 April 2025. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- Back to citation "Extradited ex-priest admits child sex". ABC News. Australia. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- Back to citation Opie, Rebecca (20 February 2018). "Former Catholic priest Charles Alfred Barnett apologises to sexual abuse victims in court". ABC News. Archived from the original on 1 October 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- Back to citation Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Pirie, official website