Diocese of Bathurst

Bishop of Bathurst

Most Rev Michael Joseph McKenna
Ph: (02) 6334 6400
Fax: (02) 6331 9453

Vicar General


Rev Aeneas F Delaney
Vicar General
Ph: (02) 6334 6400
Fax: (02) 6331 9453

Diocesan Office


Diocesan Chancery Office
Ph: (02) 6334 6400
Fax: (02) 6331 4869
Rev Aeneas F Delaney
Vicar General
Mr Hugh O'Reilly
Financial Administrator
Mrs Fiona Lewis
Diocesan Secretary

Ecclesiastical Organisations


Bishop's Council of Priests
Ph: (02) 6334 6400
Fax: (02) 6331 4869
Rev Anthony Hennessy
Executive Secretary

Caritas Australia
Ph: (02) 6334 6400
Fax: (02) 6331 9453
Sr K Luchetti RSJ
Diocesan Director

Catechists Co-ordinating Team
Ph: (02) 6884 5848
Fax: (02) 6884 7044
Helen Ryan

Catholic Commission for Employment Relations
Ph: (02) 9390 5255
Fax: (02) 9267 4559
Mr Anthony Farley
Executive Director

Catholic Development Fund
Ph: (02) 6334 6464
Ph: (02) 6331 7106 / 1800 451 760 Freecall
Fax: (02) 6331 8465
Rev Aeneas F Delaney
Chairperson
Mr Tony Eviston
Manager

Catholic Education Office
Ph: (02) 6332 3077
Fax: (02) 6332 4284
Mr Peter Hill
Executive Director
Ms Peta Kingham
PA to Executive Director

Catholic Mission - The work of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Ph: (02) 6334 6400
Fax: (02) 6331 9453
Mr Glenn Smith
Diocesan Director

Centacare - Child, Adolescent & Family Counselling
Ph: (02) 6331 8944
Fax: (02) 6331 8021
Mr Robert George
Director

Clergy Remuneration & Retirement Plan (Board of Management)
Ph: (02) 6334 6400
Fax: (02) 6331 9453
Rev Anthony Hennessy
Secretary

College of Consultors and Diocesan Trustees
Ph: (02) 6334 6400
Fax: (02) 6331 9453
Rev Aeneas F Delaney
Rev Paul Devitt
Rev Gregory Kennedy
Rev Mark McGuigan
Rev Garry McKeown
Rev Patrick O'Regan

Diocesan Archives
Ph: (02) 6334 6400
Fax: (02) 6331 4869
Mr David Billington

Diocesan Ecumenism Commission
Ph: (02) 6845 2061
Fax: (02) 6845 4321
Rev Timothy Cahill
Chairperson

Diocesan Finance Committee
Ph: (02) 6334 6400
Fax: (02) 6331 9453
Mr B Eves
Chairperson

Diocesan House of Prayer
Karel Hogan
Director
Ph: (02) 6367 3058
Fax: (02) 6367 3057

Diocesan Liturgy Commission
Ph: (02) 6334 6400
Fax: (02) 6331 4869
Mr David Nelson
Chairperson
Sr C Morrissey RSJ
Secretary
Ph: (02) 6331 2197

Diocesan Ministry to Clergy
Ph: (02) 6334 6400
Fax: (02) 6331 9453
Rev Patrick O'Regan
Director

Diocesan Promoter of Priestly Vocations
Ph: (02) 6334 6400
Fax: (02) 6331 9453
Rev Owen Gibbons
Rev Carl Mackander

Diocesan Sick Priests Fund
Ph: (02) 6331 3066
Fax: (02) 6332 2530
Rev James Cutcliffe
Secretary

Diocesan Youth Ministry
Ph: (02) 6334 6400
Fax: (02) 6331 4869
Mrs Gabrielle Sinclair
Co-ordinator
Rev Gregory Kennedy
Chaplain

Matrimonial Tribunal
Ph: (02) 6334 6400
Fax: (02) 6331 9453
Mrs Mary Clancy

'Observer' The Catholic Diocesan Newspaper
Ph: (02) 6334 6400
Fax: (02) 6331 4869
Mrs Fiona Lewis
Editor

Boundaries

Comprising territory in New South Wales immediately west of the Dividing Range. The eastern boundary, except from Mt. Coricudgy by the Great Dividing Range southerly to Mt. Boonbourwa by a range generally south-easterly and then south-westerly, by a line west to the junction of Coorongooba and Running Stream Creeks, by Running Stream Creek downwards to Capertee River, by a line south and a line west to Mt. Canobla by a range generally south-westerly to the Great Dividing Range at Mt. McLean. The southern boundary is the Abercrombie and Lachlan Rivers (including West Cowra). The western boundary is the Eurow-Nyrang Mountains, the Harvey Range, a line from the junction of the Brummagen Creek and the Macquarie River to a point on the Macquarie River 16 km north of Warren, thence in a northerly straight line to a point on the Barwon River,16 km west of Walgett. The northern boundary is a south-easterly line from this point on the Barwon River to the parish of Gunnedah. Area: 103,600 sq km.


Diocese information last updated: 2009-10-13