..alardirpf rely:
-
-.A_
Price! 6d.
Be Enthroned In Bunbury, Jan. 30
ill
1111C1?eCOT No. 2,687
Registered at the G.P.0 Perth, for transmission by post as a Newspaper) I
isfi op`goody Will
The Most Rev. L. J. Goody, D.D., D.Ph., Bishop of Bunbury, is pictured blessing his mother, after his episcopal consecration, on Nov. 1, 1951.
Perth, Thursday, Jan. 13, 1955.
See Of Bunbury Makes
Fifth In This Province increases to five The erection of the new Catholic Diocese of Bunbury by the Holy See of these are Three Australia. Western in the independent ecclesiastical divisions Kimberley is a misBishops. of rule the under Bunbury, and Geraldton Perth, dioceses: lastly New Norcia is sionary district called a Vicariate Apostolic, also under a Bishop; respects except that it many in a diocese -like Abbey Independent an called is what is not a Bishop but who is ruled by a religious community with an Abbot at its head, who has many quasi-episcopal duties and privileges. The missionary district of Church history for Catholics in Western Australia the Kimberleys was estabbegan in 1845 when the lished in 1887 with headwhole Colony of W.A. be- quarters at Broome and the came the diocese of Perth. Bishop there governs 120,000 Previous to that the oc- square miles o f the far casional priest who visited North West. Perth was under the juris- The diocese of Geraldton diction of the Archbishop was cut off from Perth in 1898 and is the most exof Sydney. Hobart and Adelaide had tensive diocese in Australia. 600,000 been made Episcopal Sees comprising over in 1842. After Perth, Mel- square miles. of Bunbury diocese The and 1848 bourne followed in Brisbane in 1859. All the is comparatively small, beother rural dioceses have tween 71 and 72 thousand in followed at intervals since, square miles. It takes the Wollongong being erected in all the South-West and Narfrom Southern the Great 1951, the latest before present new See of Bun - rogin southward to Albany, also eastwards embracing bury. Perth was elevated to the Salmon Gums and Esperrank of Archdiocese in 1913 ance until it reaches the and with the latest division Southern Ocean on the has a territory of about Great Australian Bight. With the exception of the 138,000 square miles. New Norcia, first established as parish of Pinjarra, which a Native Mission by Dom remains with Perth, the Rudesindus Salvado, O.S.B., Diocese of Bunbury will in 1846, became an Inde- consist of the two former pendent Abbey in 1867 with Rural Deaneries of Bunbury a territory of 16 square and Albany and comprises, miles; this was later in- roughly, all of Western Auscreased so that the diocese tralia south of a line drawn of New Norcia today com- west to east passing north prises some 30,000 square of Waroona, south of Pingelly, north' of Wickepin, miles of territory.
His Lordship, the Most Rev. L. J. Goody, will be solemnly enthroned as Bishop of Bunbury, in St. Patrick's Cathedral there, on Sunday, Jan. 30 at 5 p.m.
Pontifical High Mass at A. Gummer, Bishop of which the Archbishop of Geraldton, the Most Rev. B. Perth will preside will he Gallagher, Bishop of. Port celebrated, after which the Pixie, S.A., and the Rt. Rev. will take G. Gomez, O.S.B., Lord enthronement place. The Te Deum will Abbot of New Norcia. Other Eastern States Bishop's may then be chanted. The ceremony has been also be present. St. Patrick's Cathedral is afterlate the planned for noon to enable priests and in process of preparation laity from every part of the for the function. The sanctuary is being enlarged and Diocese to be present. On the same Sunday a throne installed, which is a gift to Bishop Goody from will night, the new Bishop be officially welcomed at his former parishioners at. the Mayfair 'theatre at 8.30 Highgate-his first episcopal. ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE OF PERTH o'clock. A function for the parish. col See of Sunbury, Showing 0,ocescro ,Includmg newly t priests of the Diocese and A canopy is being erected the St. Patrick's Cathedral, Bunbury, where visiting clergy will be held over the altar and new hangings and carpeting are Monday, Jan. 31. first occupant of the See, Bishop Goody, will onAmong the distinguished being furnished in the sanctuary. Rev. be enthroned on Sunday, Jan. 30. guests will be the Most south of Norseman and so to the Great Australian Bight. Irwin* It will contain the present parishes of Bunbury, Harvey, Waroona, Collie, DarR. J. (6, 1D) danup, Busselton, Margaret An analysis of the Leaving Certificate Robinson, River, Donnybrook, BridgeTrickey, A. E. (6, 1D) schools Catholic from Manjimup, town, Nannup, results of candidates Czekalowska, H. (5, 1D) K IMBERL EY Pemberton and then Albany, reveals that 130 passed, with distinctions Edmonds, V. (6, 11)) Denmark, Mt. Barker, TamKirwan, S. (6, 3D) The passes represent McCormack, bellup, Katanning, Kojonup, amounting to 146. I. (5, 1D) Wagin, Narrogin and finally Nowak, M. (5, 2D) over 76% of candidates. Esperance. A. (6, 1D) Reed, - 173 Total entry The development of this Dymond, Y. (6, 1D) - 170 Total entry for complete certificate of corner south-western Callaghan, G. C. (7, 1D) - 130 Of these, number who passed W.A. has recently been Cooney, J. F. (7, 4D) 40 Of these, number who failed the With very great. Coopes, I. H. (7, 4D) 76.47 of passes Percentage advantages of natural Keogh, P. B. (7, ID) - 146 Number of distinctions GERALDTON climate, fertility and rainMcCarthy, J. A. (6, ID) 1D) J. (5, M. Herbert, of passes in the rate The only seem that fall it would Malone, J. A. (6, 1D) McLaughlin, T. A. (6, 1D) certificate by students an international catastrophe full Musca, T. P. (5, 1D) Magenti, M. (3, ID) Catholic schools in the could prevent the South- of Seaman, P. T. (7, 2D) ID) J..(7, L. Mitchell, as is shown five years Golfed:3n West from becoming, sooner past Shugar, M. J. (5, 1D) Olney, S. J. (4, 1D) follows: or later, one of the most Walsh, W. J. (6, 4D) 1D) (5, C. K, Vollprecht - 70.9 p.c. 1950 highly developed and thickTravia, G. (7, 2D) 2D) J. (7, Smith, Daly - 75.8 ,, 1951 NILVv. NORCIA populated areas of the ly Chesson, B. (7, 2D) Hayes, J. (7, 2D) PERTH - 81.6 1952 new whole Commonwealth. Clune, K. (8, 1D) Y. (4, ID) Murcott, 78.9 1953 Dobson, E. (7, ID) Webster, H. (6, ID) Bunbury and Albany on V. 76.47 1954 Doyle, K. N. (7, 2D) Hobley, M. (5, 1D) the coast; Collie, Narrogin, B. (7, 5D) Joyce, 2D) T. (7, B. Bridgetown, h e McCabe, t all Katanning, Unfortunately Lee, R. G. (7, 2D) Buckland, D. (3, 1D) Manjimup and many other Catholic schools with comBUNDURY J. H. (5, ID) Thong, 2D) towns (7, Carroll, M. prosperous inland peting candidates are not Bullock, N. (7, 5D) Fischer, F. (7, 1D) form the network for com- embraced in these results, Elliott, H. (6, 2D) Groessler, A. (6, 3D) munications and the organi- as some schools did not Gardiner, M. (6, ID) Heenan, P. (5, 3D) sation of development. The supply the requested lists. O'Meara, V. (7, ID) McCarter, T. (7, ID) future, too, may easily show The list given below has Hayes, G. (7, 3D) Wittenoom, R. (7, 5D) an unexpected flowering of the names of those who Ming Sing Chew (6, 3D) (5, 2D) J. coastal Meddemman, rainfall distinchigh the gained one or more Gardiner, L. (7, 1D) Andrioni, L. A. (6, 3D) plains between Albany and tions, preceded by the numKuhlman, M. (7, ID) 1D) (2, J. B. Henry, Esperance. ber of subjects gained: Ouvrier, J. (5, 2D) Lalor, J. (7, 4D) Brailey, R. L. (6, 1D) T h e Catholic Churchhopes Torrence, R. (7, 3D) 1D) Leonhardi, J. (6, Covich, E. I. (6, 2D) to be ready for this Dwyer, M. E. (7, 7D) The above map shows the boundaries of the expansion (7, 1D) P. Murphy, 3D) Smith, G. B. (7, and decentralisaFountain, B. (6) Rampant, L. (6, 1D) 1D) ecclesiastical provinces of Western Aus- tion seems to be one of the Burns, W. M. (4, Pannell, M. E. (7, 1D) 5D) (7, B. Sadler, Cheong, K. A. (2, 1D) requirements for sucTalboys, M. (7, 1D) ID) tralia. The new See of Bunbury is delineated first P. (5, Wilson, T. (7, M. cessfully dealing with the Connaughton, Wallwork, M. (6, 3D) Mohay, E. M. (5, 1D) 2D) the southern strip. problem.
76 Per Cent Pass In Leaving
.
along