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Catholic Church in Australia

The Catholic Church in Australia is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the spiritual and administrative leadership of the Holy See. The Catholic Church is the largest Christian denomination in Australia, growing from its origins as a suppressed and largely Irish demographic during the colonial period to an ethnically and geographically diverse membership of around 5,075,907 people, representing about 20% of the overall population of Australia according to the 2021 ABS Census data. The church is the largest non-government provider of welfare and education services in Australia. Catholic Social Services Australia aids some 450,000 people annually, while the St Vincent de Paul Society's 40,000 members form the largest volunteer welfare network in the country. In 2016, the church had some 760,000 students in more than 1,700 schools. The Latin Church in Australia has five provinces: Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. It has 35 dioceses, comprising geographic areas as well as the military diocese, as well as dioceses administered by the Chaldean, Maronite, Melkite, Syro-Malabar, and Ukrainian Catholic Churches. The national assembly of bishops is the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference (ACBC). There are a further 175 Catholic religious orders operating in Australia, affiliated under Catholic Religious Australia. One Australian has been recognised as a saint by the Catholic Church: St Mary MacKillop, who was born in Melbourne and co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart ("Josephite") religious institute in the 19th century.

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• ▸Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery
• ▸Carnation Revolution
• ▸Daiwa Scarlet

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