The Anglican Diocese of Bendigo is a

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of the

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. It is situated in the Bendigo region of the state of

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, Australia. Its geographic remit extends from that part of Victoria that lies north of the Great Dividing Range and west of the

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to the border with the state of

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. The diocesan cathedral is St Paul's Cathedral, Bendigo. 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, 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 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 ...

and

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. 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, but since 1981 the cathedral church has been St Paul's. Since 17 February 2018 the Bishop of Bendigo has been

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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

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es, Cohuna, Kerang and Quambatook.

Bishops of Bendigo

Deans of Bendigo

* 1902

John Christian MacCullagh John Christian MacCullagh (1832–1917) was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20th century. MacCullagh was educated at Moore College. He was ordained deacon in 1884, and priest in 1885. Af ...

(1st Dean of Bendigo) * 1917 Wilfred Ernest Holtzendorff Percival * 1928

Donald Haultain Donald Haultain was an Anglican priest in the first half of the twentieth century. Haultain was educated at Moore Theological College; and ordained deacon in 1914, and priest in 1915. After a curacy at Wahroonga he was Rector of Sale, Victoria. H ...

* 1932

Edward Schweiger Edward Schweiger was an Anglican priest in the first half of the 20th century. Schweiger was educated at St Aidan's Theological College, Ballarat; and ordained deacon and priest in 1908. After curacies at Ararat and Tarnagulla he held the inc ...

* 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 * 2018 Elizabeth Dyke

References

External links

Diocese of Bendigo website

St Paul's Cathedral, Bendigo

Parish of South East Bendigo

Gannawarra Cluster
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History

Bishops of Bendigo

Deans of Bendigo

See also

References

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