The Roman Catholic Diocese of Darwin is a suffragan

Suffragan Diocese

A suffragan diocese is a diocese in the Catholic Church that is overseen not only by its own diocesan bishop but also by a metropolitan bishop. The metropolitan is always an archbishop who governs his own archdiocese...

 Latin rite diocese of the Archdiocese of Adelaide

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Australia located in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia....

 based in Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...

, Northern Territory

Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions...

, Australia.

As the largest diocese in Australia by physical area covered, the Darwin Diocese was initially administered by the Vicariate Apostolic of New Holland and Van Diemen’s Land. In 1845 the Vicariate Apostolic of Essington was erected; becoming elevated as part of the Diocese of Victoria in 1847; as the Diocese of Victoria-Palmerston in 1888; and its name changed to the Diocese of Darwin in 1938.

Ordinaries

The following individuals have been have been elected as Roman Catholic Bishops of Darwin or any of its precursor titles:

Order	Name	Title	Date enthroned	Reign ended	Term of office	Reason for term end
1	Joseph Serra y Juliá, OSB Order of Saint Benedict The Order of Saint Benedict is a Roman Catholic religious order of independent monastic communities that observe the Rule of St. Benedict. Within the order, each individual community maintains its own autonomy, while the organization as a whole exists to represent their mutual interests...  †	Bishop Bishop (Catholic Church) In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders and is responsible for teaching the Catholic faith and ruling the Church....  of Victoria	9 July 1847	7 August 1849		Elevated as Coadjutor Bishop Coadjutor bishop A coadjutor bishop is a bishop in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches who is designated to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese, almost as co-bishop of the diocese...  of Perth Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Perth The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Perth is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Australia located in Perth and covering the Greater Perth, Goldfields-Esperance, Peel, and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia....
2	Rosendo Salvado Rosendo Salvado Dom Rosendo Salvado Rotea OSB was a Benedictine monk, missionary, bishop, and bestselling author, as well as the founder and first Abbot of New Norcia, in Western Australia.-Early life:... , OSB †	Bishop of Victoria	9 August 1849	1 August 1888		Resigned and appointed as Titular Bishop Titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese.By definition a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop the tradition of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches is that he be ordained for a specific place...  of Adraa
3	Francis Xavier Gsell Francis Xavier Gsell Francis Xavier Gsell OBE was an Australian Roman Catholic bishop and missionary, known as the "Bishop with 150 wives". He was born at Benfeld, Alsace in 1872... , MSC Missionaries of the Sacred Heart The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart is a missionary congregation in the Latin Church,one of the 23 sui iuris churches which make up the Catholic Church led by the Bishop of Rome...  †	Apostolic Administrator Apostolic Administrator An apostolic administrator in the Roman Catholic Church is a prelate appointed by the Pope to serve as the ordinary for an apostolic administration...  of Victoria-Palmerston	23 April 1906	29 March 1938		Elevated as Bishop of Darwin
		Bishop of Darwin	29 March 1938	10 November 1948		Retired and appointed as Bishop Emeritus of Darwin
4	John Patrick O'Loughlin, MSC †	Bishop of Darwin	13 January 1949	14 November 1985		Died in office
5	Edmund John Patrick Collins, MSC	Bishop of Darwin	28 April 1986	3 July 2007		Retired and appointed as Bishop Emeritus of Darwin
6	Eugene Hurley, DD Doctor of Divinity Doctor of Divinity is an advanced academic degree in divinity. Historically, it identified one who had been licensed by a university to teach Christian theology or related religious subjects....	Bishop of Darwin	3 July 2007	present		n/a

External links

• Catholic Diocese of Darwin