Anglican Church of Australia

The Anglican Church of Australia is a member church of the Anglican Communion, previously known as the Church of England in Australia (renamed in 1981).

Related Topics:
Anglican Communion - 1981

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When the First Fleet was sent to New South Wales in 1787, the Reverend Richard Johnson was licensed as chaplain to the Fleet and the settlement. In 1825, the Rev. Thomas Scott was appointed Archdeacon of Australia under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Calcutta. The Rev. William Grant Broughton, who succeeded Scott in 1829, was consecrated the first (and at the only) Bishop of Australia in 1836. In 1842 the Diocese of Tasmania was created, and in 1847 the remainder of the Diocese was split into the three separate Dioceses of Adelaide, Newcastle and Melbourne. Over the following eighty years, the number of dioceses increased to twenty-five.

Related Topics:
First Fleet - New South Wales - 1787 - Reverend - Thomas Scott - Archdeacon - Calcutta - William Grant Broughton - 1829 - Bishop - 1836 - 1842 - Adelaide - Newcastle - Melbourne

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Since January 1 1962 the Australia Anglican Church has been autocephalous, headed by its own primate, currently the Archbishop of Brisbane, the Most Reverend Dr Phillip Aspinall.

Related Topics:
January 1 - 1962 - Australia - Autocephalous - Primate - Archbishop - Brisbane - Phillip Aspinall

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It consists of twenty-three dioceses, arranged into provinces (except for Tasmania), with metropolitical sees in the capital cities. The dioceses are:

Related Topics:
Dioceses - Tasmania - Metropolitical

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• The Province of New South Wales (Metropolitan: The Most Reverend Dr Peter Jensen)
• Armidale (bishop: The Right Rev'd P Brain)
• Bathurst (The Right Rev'd Richard Hurford)
• Canberra & Goulburn (The Right Rev'd George Browning)
• Grafton (The Right Rev'd Kenneth Slater)
• Newcastle (The Right Rev'd Dr Brian Farran)
• Riverina ()
• Sydney (archbishop and metropolitan: The Most Rev'd Dr Peter Jensen)
• The Province of Queensland (Metropolitan: The Most Reverend Dr Phillip Aspinall)
• Brisbane
• North Queensland
• The Northern Territory
• Rockhampton (The Right Rev'd Godfrey Fryar)
• The Province of South Australia (Metropolitan-elect: The Right Reverend Jeffrey Driver)
• Adelaide
• The Murray (The Right Rev'd Ross Davies)
• Willochra (The Right Rev'd Garry Weatherill)
• The Province of Victoria (Metropolitan: The Most Reverend Peter Watson)
• Ballarat
• Bendigo
• Gippsland
• Melbourne
• Wangaratta
• The Province of Western Australia (Metropolitan: The Most Reverend Roger Herft)
• Bunbury
• North West Australia
• Perth (archbishop and metropolitan: The Most Reverend Roger Herft)
• Extra Provincial Diocese
• Tasmania
 
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