The invention relates to a heavy aromatic hydrocarbon light catalyst, a preparation method and application thereof. In a composite carrier, H type MCM-56 zeolite is between 50 and 80 wt percent, Al2O3 is between 20 and 50 wt percent, metals or oxides thereof of tin, bismuth, lanthanum, molybdenum, nickel, chrome and cobalt are 3 to 20 wt percent, or platinum, palladium, rhenium or oxide thereof are 0.1 to 2wt percent. The catalyst is applicable to the light preparation of benzene, methylbenzene and dimethylbenzene by heavy aromatic hydrocarbon; and the catalyst has good catalytic effect on a hydrodealkylation light reaction of C9 heavy aromatic hydrocarbon, the transformation ratio of C9 aromatic hydrocarbon is 76.89 wt percent, the yield of BTX is 48.37 wt percent, the selectivity of the BTX is 80.50 mol percent, no phenylethane is generated in a product, and the dimethylbenzene has high content.