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The Anglican Church of Australia, a member church of the Anglican Communion
Anglican Communion

The Anglican Communion is an international association of national Anglican churches. There is no single "Anglican Church" with universal juridical authority as each national or regional church has full autonomy....
, was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania (renamed in 1981). It is the second largest church in Australia, behind the Roman Catholic Church in Australia.

When the First Fleet
First Fleet

First Fleet is the name given to the 11 ships which sailed from Great Britain on 13 May 1787 to establish the first European colony in New South Wales....
 was sent to New South Wales
New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
 in 1787, the Reverend Richard Johnson
Richard Johnson (chaplain)

The Reverend Richard Johnson was the first Christian clergyman in Australia.Johnson was the son of John Johnson and was born in Norfolk and educated at the grammar school of Kingston-upon-Hull, where he won a sizarship which took him to Cambridge in 1781....
 was licensed as chaplain to the Fleet and the settlement.






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The Anglican Church of Australia, a member church of the Anglican Communion
Anglican Communion

The Anglican Communion is an international association of national Anglican churches. There is no single "Anglican Church" with universal juridical authority as each national or regional church has full autonomy....
, was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania (renamed in 1981). It is the second largest church in Australia, behind the Roman Catholic Church in Australia.

When the First Fleet
First Fleet

First Fleet is the name given to the 11 ships which sailed from Great Britain on 13 May 1787 to establish the first European colony in New South Wales....
 was sent to New South Wales
New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
 in 1787, the Reverend Richard Johnson
Richard Johnson (chaplain)

The Reverend Richard Johnson was the first Christian clergyman in Australia.Johnson was the son of John Johnson and was born in Norfolk and educated at the grammar school of Kingston-upon-Hull, where he won a sizarship which took him to Cambridge in 1781....
 was licensed as chaplain to the Fleet and the settlement. In 1825 the Revd Thomas Scott was appointed Archdeacon
Archdeacon

A position of archdeacon is a senior position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, and in some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop....
 of Australia under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Calcutta. The Revd William Grant Broughton
William Grant Broughton

William Grant Broughton was the first Bishop of Australia of the Church of England. Broughton was born at Westminster and educated well for his day, including at The King's School, Canterbury, where he was a King's scholar....
, who succeeded Scott in 1829, was consecrated the first (and only) Bishop
Bishop

A bishop is an ordination or consecration member of the Clergy#Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight....
 of Australia in 1836. In 1842 the Diocese of Tasmania was also created. In 1847 the rest of the Diocese of Australia was divided into the four separate dioceses of Sydney, Adelaide
Adelaide

Adelaide is the List of Australian capital cities and most populous city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1.1 million....
, Newcastle
Newcastle, New South Wales

The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the state of New South Wales and includes most of the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas of Australia....
 and Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
. Over the following eighty years the number of dioceses increased to twenty-five. Since 1 January 1962 the Australian church has been autocephalous
Autocephaly

Autocephaly, in hierarchical Christian churches and especially Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodoxy churches, is the status of a hierarchical church whose head bishop does not report to any higher-ranking bishop....
 and headed by its own primate
Primate (religion)

Primate is a title or rank bestowed on some bishops in certain Christianity churches. Depending on the particular tradition, it can denote either jurisdictional authority or ceremonial precedence ....
. The current primate is the Archbishop
Archbishop

In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others, this means that they lead a diocese of particular importance called an archdiocese, or in the Anglican Communion an Ecclesiastical Province, but this is not always the case....
 of Brisbane, the Most Reverend Phillip Aspinall
Phillip Aspinall

Phillip Aspinall has been the Anglican Church of Australia Archbishop of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia since February 2002, and Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia since July 2005....
.

The Australian church consists of twenty-three diocese
Diocese

In many rites of the Roman Catholic Church and in Anglicanism, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a bishop. It is also referred to as a bishopric or Episcopal Area or episcopal see, though strictly the term episcopal see refers to the domain of ecclesiastical authority officially held by the bi...
s arranged into five provinces (except for Tasmania
Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and States and territories of Australia of the same name. It is located south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait....
) with the metropolitical
Metropolitan bishop

In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis ; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital....
 sees in the states' capital cities. Broughton Publishing
Broughton Publishing

Broughton Publishing was established in 2001 by the Anglican Church of Australia as its national publishing arm. It is named after the Right Reverend William Grant Broughton, who was consecrated as the first Bishop of Australia in 1836....
 is the church's national publishing arm.

Provinces and dioceses

The provinces and dioceses are listed with each dioceses's bishop or archbishop:

  • The Province of New South Wales (Metropolitan: The Most Revd Peter Jensen
    Peter Jensen

    Peter Jensen , is the Anglican Church of Australia Archbishop of Sydney, Australia, and Metropolitan bishop of the Province of New South Wales....
    )
    • Armidale
      Anglican Diocese of Armidale

      The Anglican Diocese of Armidale is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia, located in the state of New South Wales. The diocese was created in 1914 as a result of a division of the previous Diocese of Grafton and Armidale which was created by letters patent in 1863....
       (The Right Revd Peter Brain
      Peter Brain

      The Right Reverend Dr. Peter Brain is the current bishop of Armidale in the Anglican Church of Australia.Brain studied at Moore Theological College, and was formerly Rector#Anglican_churches of City of Wanneroo parish in Western Australia....
      )
    • Bathurst
      Anglican Diocese of Bathurst

      The Anglicanism Diocese of Bathurst is located in the Province of New South Wales and includes the towns of Orange, New South Wales, Bathurst, New South Wales and Dubbo, New South Wales....
       (The Right Revd Richard Hurford
      Bishop of Bathurst

      The current Bishop of Bathurst, New South Wales in the Anglican Church of Australia is the Right Reverend Richard Hurford.Bishop Hurford was formerly rector of St James Church, Sydney and later the dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Grafton, New South Wales ....
      )
    • Canberra and Goulburn (The Right Revd Stuart Robinson)
    • Grafton
      Anglican Diocese of Grafton

      The Anglican Diocese of Grafton is one of the twenty six dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. It is located in north east New South Wales and covers the area from the Queensland border to Port Macquarie, New South Wales in the south and west to the Great Dividing Range....
       (The Right Revd Kenneth Slater)
    • Newcastle
      Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, Australia

      The Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia is located in the state of New South Wales and extends along the coast of New South Wales from Woy Woy to Laurieton, New South Wales, and inland to Merriwa, New South Wales and Murrurundi....
       (The Right Revd Brian Farran
      Bishop of Newcastle, Australia

      The present bishop of Newcastle, New South Wales in the Anglican Church of Australia is the Right Reverend Dr Brian Farran, who was enthroned on Friday, 24 June 2005 at Christ Church Cathedral , Newcastle, New South Wales....
      )
    • Riverina (The Right Revd Douglas Stevens
      Douglas Stevens

      Douglas Stevens is the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Riverina, one of the 23 Dioceses that make up the Anglican Church of Australia. He was consecrated on 29 November 2005....
      )
    • Sydney
      Anglican Diocese of Sydney

      The Diocese of Sydney, in the Anglican Church of Australia, is unusual in that the majority of the diocese is Evangelicalism and low church in tradition and committed to Reformed and Calvinist theology....
       (Archbishop: The Most Revd Peter Jensen
      Peter Jensen

      Peter Jensen , is the Anglican Church of Australia Archbishop of Sydney, Australia, and Metropolitan bishop of the Province of New South Wales....
      )
  • The Province of Queensland (Metropolitan: The Most Revd Phillip Aspinall
    Phillip Aspinall

    Phillip Aspinall has been the Anglican Church of Australia Archbishop of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia since February 2002, and Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia since July 2005....
    )
    • Brisbane
      Anglican Diocese of Brisbane

      The Anglican Diocese of Brisbane is located in Brisbane, Australia. The cathedral church of the diocese is St John's Cathedral, Brisbane. The current Archbishop of Brisbane is the Most Reverend Dr Phillip Aspinall, who is also the Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia....
       (Archbishop: The Most Revd Phillip Aspinall
      Phillip Aspinall

      Phillip Aspinall has been the Anglican Church of Australia Archbishop of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia since February 2002, and Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia since July 2005....
      )
    • North Queensland
      Anglican Diocese of North Queensland

      The Anglican Diocese of North Queensland, Australia, extends from Sarina in central Queensland to the Torres Strait Islands in the north and Mount Isa in the west....
       (The Right Revd William Ray)
    • The Northern Territory
      Anglican Diocese of The Northern Territory

      The Anglican Diocese of the Northern Territory covers Australia's Northern Territory and is part of the Province of Queensland in the Anglican Church of Australia....
       (The Right Reverend Gregory Thompson)
    • Rockhampton
      Anglican Diocese of Rockhampton

      The Rockhampton, Queensland Anglican Diocese is included in the Province of Queensland and is one of the 23 dioceses making up the Anglican Church of Australia....
       (The Right Revd Godfrey Fryar)
  • The Province of South Australia (Metropolitan: The Most Revd Jeffrey Driver)
    • Adelaide
      Anglican Diocese of Adelaide

      The Anglican Diocese of Adelaide is located in Adelaide, South Australia. The diocese is a part of the Province of South Australia, Anglican Church of Australia and a member of the Anglican Communion....
       (Archbishop: The Most Revd Jeffrey Driver)
    • The Murray
      Anglican Diocese of The Murray

      The Anglican Diocese of The Murray is located in the south-eastern region of South Australia, taking in the Fleurieu Peninsula, Riverland, Adelaide Hills, Murraylands and the southern suburbs of Adelaide....
       (The Right Revd Ross Davies)
    • Willochra
      Anglican Diocese of Willochra

      The Anglican Diocese of Willochra covers a large area of northern and western South Australia. The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul, Port Pirie....
       (The Right Revd Garry Weatherill)
  • The Province of Victoria (Metropolitan: The Most Revd Philip Freier
    Philip Freier

    Philip Leslie Freier is the 13th Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne,a position he has held since 16 December 2006.Freier was born on 9 February 1955 in Brisbane and raised as a Roman Catholic....
    )
    • Ballarat
      Anglican Diocese of Ballarat

      The Anglican Diocese of Ballarat extends across the south-west region of Victoria , Australia. The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of Christ the King, Ballarat....
       (The Right Revd Michael Hough
      Michael Hough

      Michael Hough is a candidate for the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 3B, which covers portions of Frederick County, MD and Washington County, MD....
      )
    • Bendigo
      Anglican Diocese of Bendigo

      The Anglican Diocese of Bendigo comprises much of the central and most of the north-central and north-west regions of Victoria , Australia, roughly the area of Victoria north of the Great Dividing Range and west of the Goulburn River ....
       (The Right Revd Andrew Curnow
      Andrew Curnow

      Andrew William Curnow is the ninth bishop of the Anglican diocese of Bendigo in central Victoria , Australia. He was enthroned as bishop on 28 June 2003 after a period as an assistant bishop in the archdiocese of Melbourne, serving the northern region of Melbourne....
      )
    • Gippsland
      Anglican Diocese of Gippsland

      The Anglican Diocese of Gippsland is located in the Gippsland region of Victoria , Australia, extending from Phillip Island to Mallacoota. It has existed as a diocese since 1902, when the Right Reverend Arthur Wellesley Pain was installed at the first Bishop of Gippsland....
       (The Right Revd John McIntyre
      John McIntyre (bishop)

      John Charles McIntyre is the 11th and current Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Gippsland in south-east Victoria , Australia.He was ordained as Bishop on 11 February 2006 and installed as Bishop of Gippsland at St....
      )
    • Melbourne
      Anglican Diocese of Melbourne

      The Anglican Diocese of Melbourne is the metropolitan bishop diocese of the Province of Victoria in the Anglican Church of Australia. The diocese includes the urban cities of Melbourne and Geelong, Victoria and also some more rural areas....
       (Archbishop: The Most Revd Philip Freier
      Philip Freier

      Philip Leslie Freier is the 13th Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne,a position he has held since 16 December 2006.Freier was born on 9 February 1955 in Brisbane and raised as a Roman Catholic....
      )
    • Wangaratta
      Anglican Diocese of Wangaratta

      The Anglican Diocese of Wangaratta is mostly located in the north-east of Victoria , Australia, and includes the cities of Wangaratta, Victoria, Albury-Wodonga and Shepparton....
       (The Right Revd John Parkes)
  • The Province of Western Australia (Metropolitan: The Most Reverend Roger Herft
    Roger Herft

    Roger Adrian Herft is the present Anglican Archbishop of Perth, Australia. He was inaugurated in 2005.Born in Wattegama, Sri Lanka, he studied at the Royal College, Colombo in Columbo, later training for the ministry at United Theological College of Lanka in Pilimatalawe, gaining a Bachelor of Theology and Bachelor of Divinity degree from...
    )
    Internal St Marys Sthperth 1
    ** Bunbury
    Anglican Diocese of Bunbury

    The Anglican Diocese of Bunbury is located in the south of Western Australia. The current Bishop of Bunbury is the Right Reverend David McCall....
     (The Right Revd David McCall)
    • North West Australia
      Anglican Diocese of North West Australia

      The Anglican Diocese of North West Australia is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia, noted for its Evangelicalism stance. It covers an area of Western Australia north of Perth, Western Australia and claims to be the largest diocese in the world in terms of area....
       (The Right Revd David Mulready
      David Mulready

      David Gray Mulready , is the bishop of the Anglican Church of Australia Anglican Diocese of North West Australia, the largest diocese in geographical size in the Anglican Communion covering approximately a quarter of the Australian continent....
      )
    • Perth (Archbishop: The Most Reverend Roger Herft
      Roger Herft

      Roger Adrian Herft is the present Anglican Archbishop of Perth, Australia. He was inaugurated in 2005.Born in Wattegama, Sri Lanka, he studied at the Royal College, Colombo in Columbo, later training for the ministry at United Theological College of Lanka in Pilimatalawe, gaining a Bachelor of Theology and Bachelor of Divinity degree from...
      )
  • Extra-provincial diocese
    • Tasmania
      Anglican Diocese of Tasmania

      The Anglican Diocese of Tasmania principally consists of the island state of Tasmania in Australia and is an Extra-provincial Anglican churches of the Anglican Church of Australia....
       (The Right Revd John Douglas Harrower
      John Douglas Harrower

      The Rt Rev John Douglas Harrower is the current Anglican Bishop of Anglican Diocese of Tasmania. He was born on 16 October 1947 and educated at the University of Melbourne....
      )


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