Diocese of Sale
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sale is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Melbourne, that covers the south east of Victoria, Australia. The diocese was established in 1887.
Church of the Immaculate Conception at Omeo; consecrated in 1903
Patrick Lyons
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Patrick Lyons was an Australian prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the third Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand, Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and fourth Bishop of Sale,
Diocese of Sale
…his superior vocal ability. The second Bishop of Sale, Patrick Phelan, saw to the establishment of a school system in the Diocese. The fourth bishop, Patrick Lyons, saw the 1959 change to the boundaries of the Diocese, which incorporated into Sale from the Melbourne Archdiocese the parishes of Berwick, Cranbourne…
Bishop Lyons in July 1944
Bishop Lyon in procession at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament for his enthronement (August 1944)