The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hobart is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Australia located in Hobart

Hobart

Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...

 and covering Tasmania

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

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Australia

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Immediately subject to the Holy See

Holy See

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, the area covered was initially administered by the Vicariate Apostolic of New Holland and Van Diemen’s Land. In 1842, the Vicariate Apostolic of Hobart was erected; elevated as a Diocese a few weeks later; and as an Archdiocese in 1888.

St Mary's Cathedral is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Hobart, currently Adrian Leo Doyle

Adrian Leo Doyle

Adrian Leo Doyle, AM DD, is an Australian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the tenth and current Archbishop of Hobart.-Early life and education:...

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Order of Australia

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Doctor of Divinity

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Ordinaries

The following individuals have been have been elected as Roman Catholic Bishops of Hobart or any of its precursor titles:

Order	Name	Title	Date enthroned	Reign ended	Term of office	Reason for term end
1	Robert William Willson Robert William Willson Robert William Willson was an English Roman Catholic Bishop, the first Bishop of Hobart and an advocate, on behalf of, convicts in Australia.-Life:...  †	Bishop Bishop (Catholic Church) In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders and is responsible for teaching the Catholic faith and ruling the Church....  of Hobart	22 April 1842	16 February 1866		Resigned and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Hobart
2	Daniel Murphy †	Coadjutor Bishop Coadjutor bishop A coadjutor bishop is a bishop in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches who is designated to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese, almost as co-bishop of the diocese...  of Hobart	14 November 1865	8 March 1866	days	Succeeded as Bishop of Hobart
		Bishop of Hobart	8 March 1866	3 August 1888		Elevated as Archbishop of Hobart
		Archbishop of Hobart	3 August 1888	29 December 1907		Died in office
3	Patrick Delany †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart	15 June 1893	29 December 1907		Succeeded as Archbishop of Hobart
		Archbishop of Hobart	29 December 1907	7 May 1926		Died in office
4	William Barry †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart	7 April 1919	8 May 1926		Succeeded as Archbishop of Hobart
		Archbishop of Hobart	8 May 1926	13 June 1929		Died in office
5	William Hayden †	Archbishop of Hobart	11 February 1930	2 October 1936		Died in office
6	Justin Simonds Justin Simonds Justin Daniel Simonds was an Australian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as the 5th Archbishop of Hobart from 1937 to 1942 and as the 4th Archbishop of Melbourne from 1963 to 1967.-Biography:...  †	Archbishop of Hobart	18 February 1937	6 September 1942		Appointed as Coadjutor Archbishop of Melbourne Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese, located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Erected initially in 1847 as the Diocese of Melbourne, a suffragan diocese of Archdiocese of Sydney, the diocese was elevated in 1874 as an archdiocese of the...
7	Ernest Victor Tweedy †	Archbishop of Hobart	7 December 1942	20 September 1955		Resigned and appointed Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart
8	Guilford Clyde Young Guilford Clyde Young Guilford Clyde Young was an Australian Roman Catholic clergyman.Born at Sandgate, Queensland, he was ordained priest in Rome on 3 June 1939, after a brilliant academic career at Propaganda Fide College...  †	Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart	10 October 1954	20 September 1955	days	Succeeded as Archbishop of Hobart
		Archbishop of Hobart	20 September 1955	16 March 1988		Died in office
9	Eric D'Arcy Eric D'Arcy Joseph Eric D'Arcy was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Hobart from 1988 - 1999.Born in Melbourne, he was ordained as a priest of that city in 1949...  †	Archbishop of Hobart	24 October 1988	26 July 1999		Retired and appointed Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart
10	Adrian Leo Doyle Adrian Leo Doyle Adrian Leo Doyle, AM DD, is an Australian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the tenth and current Archbishop of Hobart.-Early life and education:...	Coadjutor Archbishop of Hobart	10 November 1997	26 July 1999		Succeeded as Archbishop of Hobart
		Archbishop of Hobart	26 July 1999	present		n/a

Controversy

In 2007 Gregory Ferguson, a Marist

Marist

Marist is an adjectival noun, the word is derived from the name Mary - in particular Mary the Mother of Jesus Christ. The term Marist refers to organisations that are linked to the religious orders that began as the Society of Mary, The Marist Fathers and Brothers and the Marist Brothers of the...

priest, was sentenced to two years jail (eligible for parole after 12 months) for offences in 1971 against two boys aged 13 at Marist College, Burnie, Tasmania. On 13 December 2007 he was sentenced to an additional three years' jail for offences against a third boy. While in 2008, a jury found former priest Roger Michael Bellemore guilty on three counts of maintaining a sexual relationship with a young person under the age of 17 years in the 1960s and 1970s, while he was at the same College.