The Diocese of Wangaratta is a
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 ...
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 ...
. It is situated in the north-eastern part of the state of
Victoria
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* Victoria, Seychelle ...
,
Australia. Its geographic remit includes the cities of
Wangaratta
Wangaratta ( ) is a city in the northeast of Victoria, Australia, from Melbourne along the Hume Highway. The city had an estimated urban population of 19,318 at June 2018. Wangaratta has recorded a population growth rate of almost 1% annually ...
,
Albury-Wodonga and
Shepparton. The cathedral is the church of the Holy Trinity in Wangaratta. The diocese was erected in 1902, when
Thomas Henry Armstrong was installed as the first
Bishop of Wangaratta. The current bishop is
Clarence Bester who was enthroned in 2020.
History
The diocese was founded in 1902.
In 2019, the diocese voted in favour of a motion authorizing a blessing rite for same-sex unions. In November of 2020, the Appellate Tribunal, the church's highest court, ruled that a diocese may authorize blessing rites for same-sex unions, allowing the Wangaratta motion to go into effect.
Cathedral
The cathedral church of the diocese is Holy Trinity Cathedral,
Wangaratta
Wangaratta ( ) is a city in the northeast of Victoria, Australia, from Melbourne along the Hume Highway. The city had an estimated urban population of 19,318 at June 2018. Wangaratta has recorded a population growth rate of almost 1% annually ...
. The land on which the church is built was donated to the parish by William Henry Clark, a pioneer of Wangaratta. The
foundation stone
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Over tim ...
was laid in 1908 by Bishop
Arthur Green
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, the
Bishop of Ballarat, and was dedicated on 24 August 1909. A second section was built between 1922 and 1924. The building was faced in locally quarried
granite
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to a design by the
English
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architect
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Walter Butler. The baptistery, designed by the church architect
Louis Williams, was completed in 1965.
The cathedral
bells, cast in 1806, are the oldest ring of eight in
Australia. The current
organ was built in 1902 by
Henry Willis & Sons
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Five generations of the Willis family served as principals of th ...
and is the fourth instrument to be housed in the cathedral.
Deans of Holy Trinity, Wangaratta
The Rector of the Parish of the Holy Trinity, Wangaratta (the cathedral parish), is designated as Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral.
* 1965–1972:
Robert Beal (later Bishop of Wangaratta, 1985)
* 1972 - 1989: David Laurie Thawley
* 1989 - 1995: Donald McMonigle
* 1995- 2003: Ray McInnes
* 2003 - 2013: Michael O'Brien
* 2014–present: Ken Goodger
Bishops of Wangaratta
References
External links
Official website
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Anglican bishops of Wangaratta
Wangaratta
Wangaratta ( ) is a city in the northeast of Victoria, Australia, from Melbourne along the Hume Highway. The city had an estimated urban population of 19,318 at June 2018. Wangaratta has recorded a population growth rate of almost 1% annually ...
Wangaratta
1902 establishments in Australia
Wangaratta
Wangaratta ( ) is a city in the northeast of Victoria, Australia, from Melbourne along the Hume Highway. The city had an estimated urban population of 19,318 at June 2018. Wangaratta has recorded a population growth rate of almost 1% annually ...
Gothic Revival church buildings in Australia