The Anglican Diocese of Newcastle in
Australia is a diocese of the
Anglican Church of Australia
The Anglican Church of Australia, formerly known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania, is a Christian church in Australia and an autonomous church of the Anglican Communion. It is the second largest church in Australia after the ...
. The diocese is located in the state of
New South Wales
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. It is centred in the city of
Newcastle Newcastle usually refers to:
*Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England
*Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England
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and extends along the state's coast from
Woy Woy
Woy Woy is a coastal town in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located on the southern reaches of Brisbane Water north of Sydney. It is a population centre within the local government area.
Woy Woy is located in the no ...
to
Laurieton and inland to
Merriwa and
Murrurundi
Murrurundi( ), is a rural town located in the Upper Hunter Shire, in the Upper Hunter region of New South Wales, Australia.
Murrurundi is situated northwest by road from Newcastle and north from Sydney. At the the town had a population of ...
.
The diocese was founded from the
Diocese of Australia by
letters patent of 25 June 1847. The cathedral church of the
diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
is
Christ Church Cathedral in Newcastle.
The diocesan bishop is the
Bishop of Newcastle. On 25 November 2017,
Peter Stuart
Peter Stuart is an American singer-songwriter. Stuart is the founder and lead singer of the band Dog's Eye View, which is best known for its single, "Everything Falls Apart". In 2002, he released a solo album entitled '' Propeller''.
Biography ...
, the assistant bishop at the time, was elected as the diocesan bishop. He was installed at Christ Church Cathedral on 2 February 2018.
Bishops
Assistant bishops
Robert Davies was assistant bishop in 1963
and became
Bishop of Tasmania. Leslie Stibbard was appointed an assistant bishop in 1964, serving for ten years.
Geoffrey Parker served 1974–1982 and died on 28 February 1997.
Richard Appleby served 1983–1992
and became diocesan
Bishop of the Northern Territory.
Graeme Rutherford (Graeme Stanley Rutherford) was consecrated a bishop on 4 November 2000 and served as assistant bishop for the Central Coast.
Peter Stuart
Peter Stuart is an American singer-songwriter. Stuart is the founder and lead singer of the band Dog's Eye View, which is best known for its single, "Everything Falls Apart". In 2002, he released a solo album entitled '' Propeller''.
Biography ...
was assistant bishop from 2009 until his 2018 election to the diocesan See, during which time he twice
administered the diocese.
On 10 May 2018, Stuart consecrated
Sonia Roulston and
Charlie Murry as assistant bishops for the Inland and the Coast respectively.
See also
*
Newcastle School of Theology for Ministry
References
External links
Diocese of Newcastle websiteChurches of the Diocese of Newcastle
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