The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Australia located in Brisbane and covering the South East region of Queensland, Australia. Part of the Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Brisbane, the region covered was initially administered by the Archdiocese of Sydney. In 1859 the Diocese of Brisbane was erected, and elevated as an archdiocese in 1887. The archdiocese is the metropolitan of the suffragan dioceses of Cairns, Rockhampton, Toowoomba and Townsville. The Cathedral of St Stephen is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane. On 12 May 2012 Mark Coleridge was installed as the sixth Archbishop of Brisbane, the seventh Bishop of Brisbane. History The Diocese of Brisbane was established in 1859, with responsibility for the entire state of Queensland. Prior to its establishment, Queensland was part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney. On 27 January 1877 Pope Pius IX excised the northern part of the Diocese of Brisbane from Cape Hinchinbrook and then west to the border with South Australia (now Northern Territory) to create the Vicariate Apostolic of Queensland (later the Diocese of Cairns. On 29 December 1882, the Diocese of Rockhampton was excised from the Archdiocese of Brisbane. The new Rockhampton diocese had responsibility for northern Queensland while the Brisbane archdiocese retained responsibility for southern Queensland. In 1929, the Diocese of Toowoomba was excised from the Archdiocese of Brisbane. Bishops Ordinaries The following people have been appointed as Roman Catholic Archbishops of Brisbane or any of its precursor titles: {| class="wikitable" !Order !Name !Title !Date enthroned !Reign ended !Term of office !Reason for term end |- |align="center"| ||James Quinn † ||Bishop of Brisbane ||align="center" |14 April 1859 ||align="center" |18 August 1881 ||align="right"| ||Died in office |- |rowspan=2 align="center"| ||rowspan=2 |Robert Dunne † ||Bishop of Brisbane ||align="center" |3 January 1882 ||align="center" |10 May 1887 ||align="right"| ||Elevated as Archbishop of Brisbane |- |Archbishop of Brisbane ||align="center" |10 May 1887 ||align="center" |13 January 1917 ||align="right"| ||Died in office |- |rowspan=2 align="center"| ||rowspan=2 |James Duhig † ||Coadjutor Archbishop of Brisbane ||align="center" |27 February 1912 ||align="center" |13 January 1917 ||align="right"| ||Succeeded as Archbishop of Brisbane |- |Archbishop of Brisbane ||align="center" |13 January 1917 ||align="center" |10 April 1965 ||align="right"| ||Died in office |- |rowspan=2 align="center"| ||rowspan=2 |Patrick Mary O'Donnell † ||Coadjutor Archbishop of Brisbane ||align="center" |8 November 1948 ||align="center" |10 April 1965 ||align="right"| ||Succeeded as Archbishop of Brisbane |- |Archbishop of Brisbane