Roman Catholic Diocese of Bunbury
The Diocese of Bunbury is a region of the Catholic Church in Australia. It is part of the Latin Church and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Perth. The diocese covers the South West and Great Southern areas of Western Australia.
It was established on 12 November 1954 by Pope Pius XII, using land that had been part of the Archdiocese of Perth. The first bishop was Launcelot John Goody, who led the diocese for 14 years before becoming Archbishop of Perth in 1968.
The diocese is divided into three deaneries that manage the parishes. It has 27 parishes and its cathedral is St Patrick’s Cathedral.
Area and people: the diocese covers 184,000 square kilometers. As of 2012, about 283,000 people lived in the area, of whom 58,522 were Catholics (20.7%).
Current leadership: the bishop is George Kołodziej, and the bishop emeritus is Gerard Holohan.
In 2003, Adrian Richard Van Klooster, a Catholic priest, pleaded guilty to four counts of indecent acts with children under the age of 13 and was found with child pornography on his computer.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 07:28 (CET).