Catholic Church in Australia
The Catholic Church in Australia is divided into seven geographical Archdioceses which embrace twenty-one smaller Dioceses. Each Archdiocese and its smaller dioceses are grouped into Provinces.
Each Diocese is under the authority of its Bishop with each of the seven major provincial dioceses called an Archdiocese and its leader designated as an Archbishop. Archbishops and Bishops often have other assistant Bishops.
There are four other administrative non-geographical sections of the Church - the Maronite, Melkite and Ukrainian Rites and the Military Ordinariate which is responsible for those in the Armed Services.
The Archbishops, Bishops and the leaders of the four non-geographical sections constitute the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.
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