More than 13, 000 students attend our 33 Catholic schools and colleges in the Townsville Diocese* - an area that centres on the city of Townsville and extends west to Mount Isa, south to Proserpine, north to Ingham and includes Palm Island. A Catholic education provides students with more than just academic instruction. Students from Kindergarten through to Year 12 are educated to develop academically, spiritually, socially, emotionally and physically to become compassionate and contributing members of our world.