The assistant bishops of Sydney are the
assistant bishop
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Church of England
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s in the
Anglican Diocese of Sydney
The Diocese of Sydney is a diocese in Sydney, within the Province of New South Wales of the Anglican Church of Australia. The majority of the diocese is evangelical and low church in tradition.
The diocese goes as far as Lithgow in the wes ...
,
Australia
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. They each assist the
Archbishop of Sydney by maintaining delegated
episcopal oversight
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Governance
*Regulation – rulemaking
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over a particular geographical area.
Prior to the formation of the current "regions" arrangement in around 1967, the archbishop was assisted by a number of
suffragan bishop
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In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdiction ...
s with no particular geographical area (nor expectation to succeed to the diocesan see). The first regional see created was that of Parramatta, whose first
assistant bishop
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Church of England
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was consecrated in 1967. In 1969, the first Bishop of Wollongong was consecrated. The Southern (''aka'' South Sydney) and North regions followed in 1972 and 1975 respectively. In 1993, the fifth regional see,
Georges River
The Georges River, also known as Tucoerah River, is an intermediate tide-dominated drowned valley estuary, located to the south and west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The river travels for approximately in a north and then easterly ...
, was created.
Effective from 1 July 2021, the regions were changed to plan for Sydney's future growth in the southwestern areas.
As part of this change:
* five parishes in the
Hills District (Castle Hill, Glenhaven, Dural, Cherrybrook and West Pennant Hills) were moved from the Western Region to Northern Region
* seven parishes in the
Canterbury-Bankstown
Canterbury-Bankstown is a customary region of Sydney, Australia, in the south-western suburbs. The area is located around the Bankstown railway line, to the west of the St George region and to the south of the Inner West region. The suburbs o ...
and
St George
Saint George (Greek language, Greek: Γεώργιος (Geórgios), Latin language, Latin: Georgius, Arabic language, Arabic: القديس جرجس; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was a Christians, Christian who is venerated as a sa ...
areas (Sans Souci, Kogarah, Brighton-Rockdale, Bayside, Marrickville, Earlwood and Canterbury) were moved from the Georges River Region to Southern Region
* 13 parishes in the
Macarthur area (Camden, Campbelltown, Cobbity, Denham Court, Eagle Vale, Ingleburn, Menangle, Minto, Narellan, Oran Park, Rosemeadow, South Creek and The Oaks) were moved from the Wollongong Region to Georges River Region.
To reflect the new regional boundaries and the fact that the Georges River Region had moved away from that area, the Georges River Region was renamed to the "South Western Region".
Suffragan bishops of Sydney
Bishops of the Western Region
The Western Region of the diocese, formed in 1967, is based in
Parramatta
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– hence previous bishops have been more commonly known as the Bishop of Parramatta (until around 1993). The Bishop's seat is
St John's Cathedral, Parramatta
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. The Region covers parishes west of Strathfield out to the
Blue Mountains and
Lithgow. The bishop is often known as the "Bishop of Western Sydney".
Bishops of Wollongong
The Wollongong Region, created around 1969, covers the
Sutherland Shire
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,
Wollongong
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,
Kiama
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,
Shoalhaven
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and the
Southern Highlands. Until 2021 it also covered the
Camden and
Campbelltown areas.
St Michael's Cathedral, Wollongong
St Michael's Cathedral is a heritage-listed Anglican cathedral at Church Street, Wollongong, City of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is the principal Anglican church in the city of Wollongong and the mother-church of the Bishop of Wo ...
lies within the region.
Bishops of the Southern Region
The Southern Region extends from the edge of the Pacific Ocean in the east to
Strathfield
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and
Concord
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Meaning "agreement"
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in the west and from the southern shore of
Port Jackson
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across to the northern and western parts of
Botany Bay
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.
The bishop is often referred to as the Bishop of South Sydney.
Bishops of the Northern Region
The Northern Region covers from
Port Jackson
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to the
Hawkesbury River
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and from the
Hills District to
Palm Beach.
The bishop is also sometimes called Bishop of North Sydney.
Bishops of the South Western Region (formerly the Georges River Region)
The
South Western Region covers the south-western areas of Sydney stretching from
Campsie to
Campbelltown and including
Liverpool
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,
Bankstown
Bankstown is a suburb south west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 16 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is located in the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, hav ...
and
Fairfield. Prior to changes in 2021 the areas in the eastern Canterbury-Bankstown and Bayside areas (which are now part of the Southern Region) were also included. When created in 1993, the bishop was referred to as the "Bishop of Liverpool" (although that title was less convenient due to the existence of an Anglican
Bishop of Liverpool
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The diocese stretches from Southport in the no ...
in England), and from 2013 until 2021 was then known as the "Bishop of Georges River".
Bishops for International Relations
The Bishop for International Relations represents the Archbishop at consecrations and conferences, and makes pastoral visits across the globe to represent the Diocese.
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