Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney

Archdiocese of Sydney Archidioecesis Sydneyensis
Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Mary
Location
Country	Australia
Territory	South-western Sydney, Canterbury-Bankstown, Inner West, most of Sydney's northern suburbs, lower north shore, eastern suburbs, St George, Sutherland, and the northern part of the Macarthur region
Ecclesiastical province	Sydney
Deaneries	9
Subdivisions	3
Statistics
Area	1,264 km2 (488 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2020) 2,760,900 667,900 ( 24.2%)
Parishes	129
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1834: Vicariate Apostolic of New Holland and Van Diemen’s Land; 5 April 1842: Diocese of Sydney; 22 April 1842: Archdiocese of Sydney
Cathedral	Cathedral Church and Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Mother of God, Help of Christians
Patron saint	Our Lady Help of Christians
Secular priests	250
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Anthony Fisher OP
Auxiliary Bishops	Richard Umbers Daniel Meagher
Vicar General	Gerald Gleeson
Episcopal Vicars	Richard Umbers Paul Monkerud Kelvin Lovegrove Michael McLean Maurice Thompson Roland Maurer
Judicial Vicar	Julian Wellspring
Bishops emeritus	David Cremin Terence Brady
Map
Website
Official website of the Archdiocese

The Archdiocese of Sydney (Latin: Archidioecesis Sydneyensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church. Its episcopal see is Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Erected in 1842, the archdiocese is the metropolitan see for the suffragan dioceses of Armidale, Bathurst, Broken Bay, Lismore, Maitland-Newcastle, Parramatta, Wagga Wagga, Wilcannia-Forbes and Wollongong. The Military Ordinariate of Australia, as well as the Melkite Catholic Eparchy of St Michael, Archangel and the Maronite Diocese of St Maroun—these latter two Eastern Catholic—are also associated with the archdiocese.^{[citation needed]}

St Mary's Cathedral is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Sydney. The current archbishop is Anthony Fisher.

The Archdiocese of Sydney is involved in many different agencies within Sydney to provide services, care and support to people in need, including aged care; education; health care; prayer, worship and liturgy; solidarity and justice; vocations and seminary; youth and young adults ministry.^[1]