Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hobart#Ordinals

Established 5 April 1842 as the Vicariate Apostolic of Hobart and became Diocese of Hobart on 22 April 1842.

On 3 August 1888 as the Archdiocese of Hobart.

The following individuals have been appointed as Bishops of Hobart or any of its precursor titles:{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dhoba.html |title=Archdiocese of Hobart |work=The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church |date=20 February 2011 |access-date=23 October 2011 }}

The above table also includes coadjutors, all of whom later served in this see. There was another coadjutor, with appointment not taking effect: Thomas Butler †, appointed Coadjutor Bishop on 13 Mar 1860.

• Anthony Joseph Burgess †, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Wewak, Papua New Guinea in 2000
• Geoffrey Hylton Jarrett, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Lismore in 2000

St Mary's Cathedral, Hobart is the cathedral for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hobart.

Notre Dame Priory is a Benedictine monastery in Colebrook, Tasmania, Australia, founded in 2017 which is part of the Archdiocese.

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In 2007 Gregory Ferguson, a Marist 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.{{cite news|title=Pedophile may get parole after one year's prison|url=http://cathnews.acu.edu.au/705/101.php|access-date=19 January 2011|newspaper=CathNews|location=Australia|date=17 May 2007}}

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.{{cite news|title=Guilty verdict for former priest|work=ABC News |location=Australia|date=12 February 2008|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-02-12/guilty-verdict-for-former-priest/1040112|access-date=22 September 2011}}

In 2015, Archbishop Julian Porteous was notified that a complaint had been filed with the office of Tasmania's Anti-discrimination Commissioner in relation to the distribution in all Tasmanian Catholic schools of a booklet, Don't Mess with Marriage, stating marriage should be a "heterosexual union between a man and a woman" and changing the law would endanger a child's upbringing. The complaint was filed by a transgender activist and Federal Greens candidate Martine Delaney. The complaint was called "'an attempt to silence' the Church over same-sex marriage" by Archbishop Porteous.{{cite news|url=https://www.catholicweekly.com.au/anti-discrimination-commissioner-reportedly-finds-archbishop-julian-porteous-in-possible-breach-of-act/ |title=Anti-discrimination commissioner notifies archbishop of possible breach of the law |work = Catholic Weekly| author=Staff Writers|date=13 November 2015 }} The complaint was treated as a possible breach of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 (Tas), and sparked fierce debate on the issues of freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and tolerance. The complaint was ultimately withdrawn.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-28/anti-discrimination-complaint-an-attempt-to-silence-the-church/6810276|title=Anti-discrimination complaint 'an attempt to silence' the Church|website=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=28 September 2015|access-date=7 July 2017}}

It has been reported that, "The real problem with the Porteous case was that it was unresolved".{{cite news|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/in-the-fallout-of-folau-an-opportunity-to-prevent-another-porteous-case/news-story/64f74634ca87480839512b4e764ce9a1 |title=In the fallout of Folau, an opportunity to prevent another Porteous case |work =The Australian| author=Merritt, Chris|date= 6 July 2019}}

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• Roman Catholicism in Australia

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