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The Roman Catholic Church is the world's largest Christian Church, and its largest religious grouping. There are an estimated 5.1 million baptised Catholics in Australia, 28% of the population, in 32 Dioceses. There are 3,000 priests and 9,000 men and women in religious orders.

Within Australia the hierarchy consists of:

• Adelaide
  • Darwin
  • Port Pirie

• Brisbane
  • Cairns
  • Rockhampton
  • Toowoomba
  • Townsville

• Canberra (and Goulburn)

• Hobart

• Melbourne
  • Ballarat
  • Ukrainian Eparchy
  • Sale
  • Sandhurst

• Perth
  • Broome
  • Bunbury
  • Geraldton

• Sydney
  • Armidale
  • Bathurst
  • Broken Bay
  • Lismore
  • Maitland-Newcastle
  • Parramatta
  • Wagga Wagga
  • Wilcannia-Forbes
  • Wollongong

There are also Maronite and Melkite Rite Eparchies in Sydney.

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