Divine Word Missionaries are present in the Brisbane Archdiocese, the Rockhampton Diocese and the Townsville Diocese in Queensland.

The Queensland parishes have strong multicultural communities and and there is also a strong emphasis on ministry with Aboriginal communities.

Brisbane Archdiocese

St Mark’s Parish Inala

Fr Bonefasius Buahendri SVD is the Parish Priest of St Mark's Parish, Inala, a large and culturally diverse parish. The Ministry at St Mark's includes a special focus on the Vietnamese Catholic community. About 1700 parishioners worship at St Mark's each weekend. Of these, around 1000 are Vietnamese. The parish also has many Samoan, Filipino, Tongan, European and South American parishioners. Fr Long Nguyen SVD is assistant priest. Fr Joseph Vu SVD and Fr Ho Bach Tran SVD are assistant priests and chaplains to the Vietnamese Community.

St Maximilian Kolbe Parish, Kingston-Marsden

Fr John Quang Phan SVD is parish priest of St Maximilian Kolbe parish, located in the growing Logan City area of Brisbane with Fr Nick de Groot SVD as resident priest.

Logan is located in a low socio-economic area, with a lot of refugees, including people from African countries such as South Sudan, Nigeria and Burundi. The parishioners are predominantly of Pacific Island heritage, with a large representation from Samoa, as well as others from places like Fiji, Tonga and the Solomon Islands. Other cultural groups are also part of the parish community.

The multicultural parish is well known for wonderful singing and parish community events, and a youth group is growing in numbers.

St Joseph's Parish, Murgon

Fr Mikhael Loke SVD was installed as Parish Priest of St Joseph’s Catholic Parish, Murgon in June 2025 (pictured below).

The parish is located within the South Burnett Region of Queensland, and made up of five different communities united in one parish covering an area of approximately 10,500sq kms.

The communities making up the parish are Cherbourg, Goomeri, Murgon, Proston, and Wondai.

Rockhampton Diocese

Divine Word Missionary members are also working in the Rockhampton Diocese. Fr Truc Quoc Phan SVD is Parish Priest in the Parishes of Emerald, Springsure, Woorabinda and other surrounding communities. Fr Francois Andrianihantana SVD is Assistant Priest.

In Central West Queensland, Fr Peter Bang SVD is parish priest of the Central West Cluster of Parishes, with Fr Rius Salu SVD assistant priest.  The Central West Cluster takes in the communities of Isisford / Jundah, Alpha / Jericho, Aramac, Barcaldine, Blackall / Tambo, Longreach / Ilfracombe.

These parishes are spread over hundreds of kilometres with a number of churches and rural faith communities.

Townsville Diocese

Divine Word Missionaries have been appointed to parishes in the city of Townsville as well as on Palm Island. Fr Joseph Reddy SVD is Parish Priest of the Ministerial Region of the Good Shepherd in Kirwan and Fr Joe Jacob SVD is Assistant Priest. Fr Gideon Awudi SVD is assigned to St Francis Xavier church in Townsville.

Fr Mahn Le SVD is ministering with the indigenous community of Palm Island in collaboration with the Holy Spirit Sisters.