The [Diocese of Wagga Wagga is a Latin Church suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Sydney, established in 1917, covering the Riverina region of New South Wales in Australia. St Michael's Cathedral is the seat of the Catholic Bishop of Wagga Wagga. On 12 September 2016, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Gerard Hanna due to health and age concerns and appointed Christopher Prowse to be the Apostolic Administrator. On 26 May 2020 Pope Francis announced that Bishop Mark Edwards OMI would be the sixth Bishop of Wagga Wagga, to be installed as Bishop on 22 July 2020 at St Michael's Cathedral. Bishops Bishops of Wagga Wagga The following individuals have been elected as Roman Catholic Bishop of Wagga Wagga: {| class="wikitable" !Order !Name !Date enthroned !Reign ended !Term of office !Reason for term end |- |align="center"| ||Joseph Wilfrid Dwyer ||align="center" |14 March 1918 ||align="center" |11 October 1939 ||align="right" | ||Died in office |- |align="center"| || ||align="center" |16 November 1939 ||align="center" |24 February 1968 ||align="right" | || Died in office |- |align="center"| ||Francis Patrick Carroll ||align="center" |24 February 1968 ||align="center" |25 June 1983 ||align="right" | ||Elevated to Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn |- |align="center"| ||William John Brennan ||align="center" |16 Jan 1984 ||align="center" |5 February 2002 ||align="right" | ||Resigned and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Wagga Wagga |- |align="center"| ||Gerard Joseph Hanna ||align="center" |5 February 2002 ||align="center" | ||align="right" | ||Retired due to reaching age 75 and due to ill health and appointed Bishop Emeritus of Wagga Wagga |- |align="center"|||Mark Edwards ||align="center" |22 July 2020 ||align="center"| ||align="right" | || |- |} Coadjutor bishop Francis Patrick Carroll (1967-1968) Other priests of this diocese who became bishops Edward Idris Cassidy, appointed nuncio and titular Archbishop in 1970; future Cardinal Michael Robert Kennedy, appointed Bishop of Armidale in 2011 Cathedral Located in Johnston Street, Wagga Wagga, St Michael's Cathedral is a large Gothic Revival styled sandstone cathedral built in two stages. The foundation stone of the first stage of the building comprising the nave and tower base, was laid on 26 April 1885. Completed between 1885 and 1887, the parish church was commissioned by Father Patrick Dunne and designed by architects Tappin, Gilbert & Dennehy, of Melbourne. The woodwork and carpentry was completed by Charles Hardy. In 1918, when the diocese was erected, St Michael’s became a cathedral. The second stage followed, that commenced in 1922 and completed in 1925. The architect was W.