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The Anglican Diocese of Tasmania principally consists of the island state of 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....
 in Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 and is an extra-provincial diocese
Extra-provincial Anglican churches

The extra-provincial Anglican churches are a group of small, semi-independent church entities within the Anglican Communion. Unlike the larger member churches of the Communion, extra-provincial churches are not part of an ecclesiastical province and are, in five cases, subject to the metropolitan bishop of the Archbishop of Canterbury....
 of the Anglican Church of Australia
Anglican Church of Australia

The Anglican Church of Australia, a member church of the Anglican Communion, was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania ....
. The cathedral church of the diocese is St David's Cathedral
St David's Cathedral (Hobart)

The Cathedral Church of St David, Hobart, is the principal Anglican church in Tasmania. The dean is the Very Reverend Lindsay Stoddart.St David's Cathedral was built between 1868 and 1936 and is in the Gothic Revival style....
 in Hobart. The current Bishop of Tasmania, ordained as bishop and also installed on 25 July 2000, is the Right Reverend John Harrower.

The Diocese of Tasmania is the oldest diocese in Australia and has a history of over 200 years.






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The Anglican Diocese of Tasmania principally consists of the island state of 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....
 in Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
 and is an extra-provincial diocese
Extra-provincial Anglican churches

The extra-provincial Anglican churches are a group of small, semi-independent church entities within the Anglican Communion. Unlike the larger member churches of the Communion, extra-provincial churches are not part of an ecclesiastical province and are, in five cases, subject to the metropolitan bishop of the Archbishop of Canterbury....
 of the Anglican Church of Australia
Anglican Church of Australia

The Anglican Church of Australia, a member church of the Anglican Communion, was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania ....
. The cathedral church of the diocese is St David's Cathedral
St David's Cathedral (Hobart)

The Cathedral Church of St David, Hobart, is the principal Anglican church in Tasmania. The dean is the Very Reverend Lindsay Stoddart.St David's Cathedral was built between 1868 and 1936 and is in the Gothic Revival style....
 in Hobart. The current Bishop of Tasmania, ordained as bishop and also installed on 25 July 2000, is the Right Reverend John Harrower.

The Diocese of Tasmania is the oldest diocese in Australia and has a history of over 200 years. The Reverend Robert Knopwood
Robert Knopwood

Robert Knopwood was an early clergyman and diarist in Australia.Knopwood came of a well-to-do Norfolk family. He was educated at the Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and graduated B.A....
 was part of the mission to colonise Tasmania in 1803 and was responsible for establishing Anglicanism
Anglicanism

Anglicanism is a tradition of Christianity faith. Churches in this tradition either have historical connections to the Church of England or have similar beliefs, worship and church structures....
 in the colony upon settlement.

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