The Anglican Diocese of Bendigo is a
diocese of the
Anglican Church of Australia. It is situated in the
Bendigo region of the state of
Victoria,
Australia
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. Its geographic remit extends from that part of Victoria that lies north of the
Great Dividing Range
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and west of the
Goulburn River to the border with the state of
South Australia. The diocesan cathedral is
St Paul's Cathedral, Bendigo
St Paul's Cathedral, Bendigo, is an Anglican cathedral in Australia. It is the cathedral church of the Diocese of Bendigo in central Victoria.
History & Architecture
The building was designed by the architect Robert A. Love. The nave was dedicat ...
. The diocese was separated from the Diocese of Melbourne in 1902, with
Henry Archdall Langley installed as the first bishop. The current bishop,
Matt Brain
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, was installed on 17 February 2018.
History
The diocese was separated from the Diocese of Melbourne in 1902, at the same time as the creation of the dioceses of
Wangaratta and
Gippsland. In 1977, the
Diocese of St Arnaud, which had been separated from the
Diocese of Ballarat in 1926, was disbanded and merged with Bendigo.
The original cathedral church of the diocese was All Saints,
Bendigo
Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital.
As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban population of 100,991, makin ...
, but since 1981 the cathedral church has been
St Paul's. Since 17 February 2018 the
Bishop of Bendigo has been
the Right Reverend Matt Brain.
The Gannawarra Cluster is an initiative by the diocese in providing a team of locally ordained clergy to offer ministry to three geographically connected
parishes, Cohuna, Kerang and Quambatook.
Bishops of Bendigo
Deans of Bendigo
* 1902
John Christian MacCullagh (1st Dean of Bendigo)
* 1917
Wilfred Ernest Holtzendorff Percival
* 1928
Donald Haultain
* 1932
Edward Schweiger
* 1940
Wilfred Frederick Dau
* 1951
Charles Frederick Hulley
* 1956 The Rt Revd
Charles Lawrence Riley
* 1957 The Rt Revd
Ronald Edward Richards
* 1973 Alex G. McKenzie
* 1980 Ray Elliott
* 1986 John Bedford
* 1989 - 1993 John W. Stewart
* 2006 Peta Sherlock
* 2012
John Roundhill
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Roundhill was a physics teacher in Belize before his ordination as a pri ...
* 2018 Elizabeth Dyke
See also
*
South East Bendigo
References
External links
Diocese of Bendigo websiteSt Paul's Cathedral, BendigoParish of South East BendigoGannawarra Cluster
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Bendigo
Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital.
As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban population of 100,991, makin ...
1902 establishments in Australia
Bendigo
Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital.
As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban population of 100,991, makin ...
Anglican bishops of Bendigo
Deans of Bendigo
Archdeacons of Bendigo
Archdeacons of The Murray
Archdeacons of Kyneton