Diocese of Parramatta

The Catholic Diocese of Parramatta was created by Pope John Paul II on 8 April 1986. The Diocese is home to around 330,000 Catholics in one of the fastest-growing areas of New South Wales, Australia. The Diocese of Parramatta is west of Sydney and covers 4,289 sq km, reaching from Dundas Valley, west to Megalong Valley, south to Luddenham, and north to Wisemans Ferry.The Diocese is made up of 47 parishes. More than 45,000 students attend one of the 83 Catholic schools in the Diocese. Parramatta was chosen as the seat of the Diocese due to its role in the early European settlement of Australia, its size as a commercial and administrative centre, and its pivotal position in the communications that link the west with other parts of Sydney. It is contemporary urban Australia in miniature. It has parishes as old as Parramatta and Windsor and burgeoning suburbs such as Stanhope Gardens and Rouse Hill. The Diocese takes in seven local government divisions: The Hills, Blacktown City...