Roman Catholic Diocese of Armidale

Erected 28 November 1862. (See footnote also for succinct list of past and present appointments.) The first bishop, Most Reverend Timothy O'Mahony D.D, an alumnus of the Irish College in Rome and a director of the missionary movement of Propaganda Fide for Ireland, was forced to resign over politically motivated false allegations of alcoholism and fathering a child, although he was eventually cleared by a church investigation and subsequent events. A sesquicentenary celebration of Bishop O'Mahony's installation at Armidale, by Archbishop Polding, an English Benedictine, was celebrated on 9.3.2021 and led by Archbishop Fisher and Bishop Kennedy. A large white 2021 dated memorial stone has since been installed on the south side of the cathedral front doors-complementing that on the north side of the cathedral Pyrmont sandstone front doors that commemorates another significant event being the February 5 1911 blessing and laying of the foundation stone of the current cathedral by Cardinal Moran. Archbishop Mannix, an alumnus of Maynooth College Ireland, preached at the consecration on December 11, 1919. ==Bishops==

Bishops of Armidale: : James Darcy Freeman was elevated to Cardinal in 1973, concurrent with Archbishop of Sydney. Coadjutors are included above. Other priests of the diocese who became bishops • Jeremiah Joseph Doyle, appointed Bishop of Grafton in 1887 • John Steven Satterthwaite, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Lismore in 1969 • Gerard Joseph Hanna, appointed Bishop of Wagga Wagga in 2002 ==Cathedral==

The diocesan cathedral is dedicated to Saint Mary and Saint Joseph and is located in Dangar Street, Armidale, opposite Armidale Central Park and diagonally opposite the Anglican cathedral. It was built in 1911 of Pyrmont stone and Armidale polychrome brick. It was solemnly dedicated on 12 December 1919. ==Parishes==

, there are currently 25 parishes located in Diocese of Armidale: • Armidale Cathedral • • , administered by Barraba • , administered by Narrabri • , administered by Uralla • • • • • Sacred Heart, • • • , administered by Moree • St Xavier, • St Brigid, • St Nicholas, • St Edward, • St Patrick, • St Mary, • • • • • St Andrew, • ==References==