Diocese of Port Pirie

DIOCESE OF PORT PIRIE (Dioecesis Portus Piriensis)

Country: Australia
Denomination: Roman Catholic

Established: 1887 as Diocese of Port Augusta
Renamed 1951 to Diocese of Port Pirie

Official blazon

Argent, a saltire azure between in chief a hunting horn gules, garnished and stringed or; on a chief azure, the lion of St. Mark proper.

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Arms of Bishops

John O’Reilly (1887–1895)
James Maher (1896–1905)
John Henry Norton (1906–1923)
Andrew Killian (1924–1933)
Norman Thomas Gilroy (1934–1937)
Thomas Absolem McCabe (1938–1951)
Bryan Gallagher (1952–1980)
Francis Peter de Campo (1980–1998)
Daniel Hurley (1998–2007)
Gregory O’Kelly (2009-2020)
Karol Kulczycki (2020-present)

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