Roman Catholic Diocese of Townsville

The Diocese of Townsville 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 Brisbane. Erected in 1930, the Diocese of Townsville covers North Queensland. It was assembled from territory separated from the Diocese of Rockhampton.

Bishops
The following men have been Bishops of Townsville:
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!Order !Name !Date enthroned !Reign ended !Term of office !Reason for term end
 * align="center"| || Terence Bernard McGuire †||align="center"| 12 February 1930 ||align="center"| 14 June 1938 ||align="right"| 8 years, 123 days || Appointed Bishop of Goulburn
 * align="center"| || Hugh Edward Ryan †|| align="center" | 13 July 1938 ||align="center"| 14 September 1967 ||align="right"| 29 years, 70 days || Retired and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Townsville
 * align="center"| || Leonard Anthony Faulkner † ||align="center"| 14 September 1967 ||align="center"| 2 September 1983 ||align="right"| 15 years, 357 days || Elevated as Coadjutor Archbishop of Adelaide
 * align="center"| || Raymond Conway Benjamin †||align="center"| 14 February 1984 ||align="center"| 18 April 2000 ||align="right"| 16 years, 67 days || Retired and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Townsville
 * align="center"| || Michael Ernest Putney †||align="center"| 24 January 2001 ||align="center"| 28 March 2014 ||align="right"| 13 years, 55 days || Died in office
 * align="center"| || Timothy James Harris ||align="center"| 3 May 2017 ||incumbent ||
 * }
 * align="center"| || Raymond Conway Benjamin †||align="center"| 14 February 1984 ||align="center"| 18 April 2000 ||align="right"| 16 years, 67 days || Retired and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Townsville
 * align="center"| || Michael Ernest Putney †||align="center"| 24 January 2001 ||align="center"| 28 March 2014 ||align="right"| 13 years, 55 days || Died in office
 * align="center"| || Timothy James Harris ||align="center"| 3 May 2017 ||incumbent ||
 * }
 * align="center"| || Timothy James Harris ||align="center"| 3 May 2017 ||incumbent ||
 * }

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

 * Francis Roberts Rush †, appointed Bishop of Rockhampton in 1960

Parishes
The diocese is divided into four separate deaneries that administer individual parishes:
 * 1) Townsville deanery with regular liturgical services held in Sacred Heart Cathedral, North Ward (St Joseph's), Cranbrook (Holy Spirit), Deeragun (St Anthony), Gulliver (Holy Family), Kirwan (The Good Shepherd), Magnetic Island (St Joan of Arc), Mundingburra (Blessed Mary MacKillop), Railway Estate (St Francis), South Townsville (St Patrick), West Townsville (St Mary), and Wulguru (St Joseph the Worker)
 * 2) Northern deanery with regular liturgical services held in Abergowrie (St Theresa), Halifax (St Peter), Ingham (St Patrick), and Palm Island (St Anne)
 * 3) Southern deanery with regular liturgical services held in Ayr (Sacred Heart), Bowen (St Mary), Burdekin Valley (St Joseph), Cannonvale (St Martin), Collinsville (Our Lady of Lourdes), Giru (St Joseph), Home Hill (St Colman), and Proserpine (St Catherine)
 * 4) Western deanery with regular liturgical services held in Charters Towers (St Columba), Cloncurry (St Colman), Hughenden (Sacred Heart), Julia Creek (Holy Rosary), McKinlay (Our Lady of the Way), Mount Isa (Good Shepherd), Richmond (St Brigid), and Winton (St Patrick)

Schools
The Townsville Catholic Education Office operates a number of schools in the diocese:


 * North Ward
 * St Joseph's School (primary)
 * St Patrick's College (secondary)
 * Hyde Park
 * St Margaret Mary's College (secondary)
 * Mundingburra
 * St Joseph's Catholic School (primary)
 * Currajong
 * The Marian School (primary)
 * Annandale
 * Southern Cross Catholic School (primary)


 * Cranbrook
 * Holy Spirit School (primary)
 * Ignatius Park College (secondary)
 * Rasmussen
 * Good Shepherd Catholic Community School (primary)
 * Kirwan
 * Ryan Catholic College (primary & secondary)
 * Deeragun
 * St Anthony's Catholic College (primary & secondary)
 * West End
 * Edmund Rice Flexible learning Centre (secondary)
 * Palm Island
 * St Michael's School (primary)


 * Charters Towers
 * Columba Catholic College (primary & secondary)
 * Ingham District
 * Our Lady of Lourdes School, Ingham (primary)
 * St Peter's School, Trebonne (primary)
 * Canossa School, Trebonne (primary)
 * Gilroy Santa Maria College, Ingham (secondary)
 * St Teresa's College, Abergowrie (secondary)
 * Burdekin River region
 * St Francis School, Ayr (primary)
 * St Colman's School, Home Hill (primary)
 * Burdekin Catholic High School, Ayr (secondary)


 * South
 * St Mary's School, Bowen (primary)
 * St Catherine's School, Proserpine (primary)
 * St John Bosco School, Collinsville (primary)
 * West
 * St Francis School, Hughenden (primary)
 * St Patrick's School, Winton (primary)
 * St Joseph's School, Cloncurry (primary)
 * Mount Isa
 * St Joseph's Catholic School (primary)
 * St Kieran's School (primary)
 * Good Shepherd Catholic College (secondary)