BISHOP elect of the Townsville diocese Father Tim Harris assured parishioners and the wider community on a visit to Proserpine today that the church was available to them in their post cyclone time of need.

"I think it is important that the church is part of the whole support structure," Fr Harris said.

Fr Harris joined, Father Jose Koyickal CM and parish priest of the Mackay dioceses Father Don White on a tour of cyclone affected Proserpine.

"I don't just come here for the catholics, I come here for the community and on behalf of the church I come, not to get in people's way, but simply to stand in solidarity with them."

The delegation inspected the damage to the St Catherine s Catholic Church in Main St and met members of the local congregation.

Fr Koyickal's residence next to the Main St church is still without power and he is running an extension cord from the nearby St Catherine's Hall so he could watch the North Queensland Cowboys play footy.

He has also opened his door to a parishioner form Jubilee Pocket whose home has been left uninhabitable by Cyclone Debbie.

"We give pastoral care to all who need it, especially myself," he said.

Fr Koyickal said food and temporary accommodation is currently being made available through St Vincent de Paul in Proserpine and a special cyclone relief fund had been established.

The mood of the people was described by Fr Koyickal as hopeful in the wake of Cyclone Debbie.

"There is great generosity and people are reaching out to each other. I think Whitsunday people are very good," he said.

Fr Harris said "lives are more important than bricks and mortar (but) when people's property is destroyed people lives change".

"I want to see than for myself, not to sticky beak, but to actually feel for these people and if I can help in any way I will," he said.