Roman Catholic Diocese of Wagga Wagga

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St Michael's Cathedral is the seat of the Catholic Bishop of Wagga Wagga. On 12 September 2016, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Gerard Hanna due to health and age concerns and appointed Christopher Prowse to be the Apostolic Administrator. On 26 May 2020 Pope Francis announced that Bishop Mark Edwards OMI would be the sixth Bishop of Wagga Wagga, to be installed as Bishop on 22 July 2020 at St Michael's Cathedral.[1]

Bishops

Bishops of Wagga Wagga

The following individuals have been elected as Roman Catholic Bishop of Wagga Wagga:[2]

Order Name Date enthroned Reign ended Term of office Reason for term end
Template:Nts Joseph Wilfrid Dwyer 14 March 1918 11 October 1939 Template:Age in years and days Died in office
Template:Nts Francis Augustin Henschke 16 November 1939 24 February 1968 Template:Age in years and days Died in office
Template:Nts Francis Patrick Carroll 24 February 1968 25 June 1983 Template:Age in years and days Elevated to Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn
Template:Nts William John Brennan 16 Jan 1984 5 February 2002 Template:Age in years and days Resigned and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Wagga Wagga
Template:Nts Gerard Joseph Hanna 5 February 2002 12 September 2016 Template:Age in years and days Retired due to reaching age 75 and due to ill health and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Wagga Wagga
Template:Nts Mark Edwards 22 July 2020 present Template:Age in years and days

Coadjutor bishop

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Cathedral

Located in Johnston Street, Wagga Wagga, St Michael's Cathedral is a large Gothic Revival styled sandstone cathedral built in two stages. The foundation stone of the first stage of the building comprising the nave and tower base, was laid on 26 April 1885. Completed between 1885 and 1887, the parish church was commissioned by Father Patrick Dunne and designed by architects Tappin, Gilbert & Dennehy, of Melbourne. The woodwork and carpentry was completed by Charles Hardy. In 1918, when the diocese was erected, St Michael’s became a cathedral.[3]

The second stage followed, that commenced in 1922 and completed in 1925. The architect was W. J. Monks, and the overall construction cost was £34,894. The imposing building was constructed from sandstone, of cruciform plan with clerestoried nave and lofty tower placed to the left of the main façade. In addition, the building consists of side aisles, porch, chancel, sacristy, chapel, and gallery. Roof framings are exposed timber internally and sheeted with slates externally. Walls are rock faced ashlar generally with dressed window and door surrounds and mullions. Internally the altars contain some finely crafted marble pieces and large stained glass windows in groups of three, giving a soft filtered light. A feature of the cathedral is the massive tower bell weighing Script error: No such module "convert". cast in the factory of Byrnes, of Dublin. The marble high altar was brought from Carrara, Italy and has subsequently been removed.[3]

Cathedral organ

George Fincham built a two-manual organ of 10 speaking stops for St Michael's Church in 1887. This was removed in 1892 and installed in the Chapel of St Peter at the Church of England Grammar School, Melbourne. The present organ, installed on the rear gallery in 1999 by Laurie Pipe Organs, was built by Samuel Lewis, an employee of George Fincham, who was his first apprentice as far back as 1864 and his first foreman, it is thought for the Dorcas Street Presbyterian Church in South Melbourne; it originally had two manuals and 17 speaking stops. It was installed at the Presbyterian Church, Denbigh Road, Armidale, in 1911 and in 1939 the mechanical action was converted to tubular-pneumatic by C.W. Andrewartha, who supplied a detached console. The casework with its carved transom rails, may also date from this time. The instrument was rebuilt in 1975 by Laurie Pipe Organs who converted the manual actions back to mechanical, electrified the pedal and stop actions, provided a new attached drawstop console, and supplied new Mixtures to the Great and Swell, a Trumpet 8 ft, and the pedal upper work.[4] In 2011 it was given a small overhaul by Darrell Pitchford. The front facade pipes were changed to silver and the stop mechanisms and pipes were cleaned and adjusted.

Parishes

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  • Albury
  • Albury North
  • Albury–Lavington
  • Albury–Thurgoona
  • Berrigan
  • Cathedral
  • Coolamon
  • Corowa
  • Culcairn
  • Darlington Point–Colleambally/Jerilderie
  • Finley
  • Ganmain
  • Griffith
  • Holbrook
  • Howlong
  • Jerilderie1
  • Junee
  • Khancoban
  • Leeton
  • Lockhart
  • Mulwala
  • Narrandera
  • Tarcutta
  • The Rock
  • Tocumwal
  • Tumbarumba
  • Urana
  • Wagga Wagga South
  • Wagga Wagga West
  • Wagga Wagga–Kooringal
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Schools

The list below shows the schools in the diocese who are governed by Catholic Edution Diocese of Wagga Wagga (CEDWW) https://ww.catholic.edu.au/. Their attributed parish is also shown. The diocese is split into four areas and the schools are allocated based on proximity.[5] Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Albury region

Secondary School

Primary Schools

Griffith region

Secondary Schools

Primary Schools

  • St Patrick's Primary School – Griffith
  • St Joseph's Primary School – Leeton
  • St Mary's Primary School - Yoogali

Wagga Wagga region

Secondary Schools

Primary Schools

  • All Saints Catholic Primary School – Tumbarumba
  • Henscke Catholic Primary School – Our Lady of Fatima, South Wagga Wagga[6]
  • Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School – West Wagga Wagga
  • Mater Dei Catholic Primary School – Sacred Heart, Kooringal
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School – Sacred Heart, Kooringal
  • Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School – Cathedral, Central Wagga Wagga
  • Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School – Junee
  • Saint Michael's Catholic Primary School – Coolamon
  • Saint Brendan’s Catholic Primary School – Ganmain
  • Saint Joseph’s Catholic Primary School – Lockhart

See also

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References

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  5. ↑ Catholic Diocese of Wagga. Parishes - West Wagga Wagga. Retrieved 13 of March 2018.
  6. ↑ Our Lady of Fatima Parish, South Wagga. Retrieved 13 of March 2018.

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External links

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