Anglican Diocese of Newcastle (Australia)

The Anglican Diocese of Newcastle in Australia is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia. The diocese is located in the state of New South Wales. It is centred in the city of Newcastle and extends along the state's coast from Woy Woy to Laurieton and inland to Merriwa and Murrurundi.

For the Roman Catholic diocese in the Newcastle region, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.
Diocese of Newcastle
Coat of arms
Location
CountryAustralia
Ecclesiastical provinceNew South Wales
MetropolitanArchbishop of Sydney
Information
DenominationAnglican
Established25 June 1847 (1847-06-25)
CathedralChrist Church Cathedral, Newcastle
LanguageEnglish
Current leadership
Parent churchAnglican Church of Australia
Bishop of Newcastle
SuffragansSonia Roulston (Inland Episcopate, since 2018)
Charlie Murry (Coastal Episcopate, since 2018)
Dean
  • Katherine Bowyer
  • (since 2017)
ArchdeaconsArthur Copeman (Archdeacon of Newcastle)
Rod Bower (Archdeacon for Justice Ministries and Chaplaincy)
Website
Diocese of Newcastle

The diocese was founded from the Diocese of Australia by letters patent of 25 June 1847.[1] The cathedral church of the diocese is Christ Church Cathedral in Newcastle.

The diocesan bishop is the Bishop of Newcastle. On 25 November 2017, Peter Stuart,[2] the assistant bishop at the time, was elected as the diocesan bishop. He was installed at Christ Church Cathedral on 2 February 2018.[3]

Bishops
Bishops of Newcastle (Australia)
From Until Incumbent Notes
1847 1879 William Tyrrell[4]
1880 1889 Josiah Pearson
1890 1905 George Stanton Translated from North Queensland
1906 1919 Jack Stretch Previously Dean of Ballarat and Dean of Newcastle
1919 1928 Reginald Stephen Translated from Tasmania
1928 1930 George Long Translated from Bathurst
1931 1958 De Witt Batty Previously Dean of Brisbane
1958 1972 James Housden Translated from Rockhampton
1973 1977 Ian Shevill Translated from North Queensland
1978 1992 Alfred Holland
1993 2005 Roger Herft Translated from Waikato and Taranaki; became Archbishop of Perth in 2005.
2005 2012 Brian Farran Previously an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Perth
2013 2017 Greg Thompson Translated from Diocese of the Northern Territory
2018 present Peter Stuart previously Assistant Bishop of Newcastle

Assistant bishops

Robert Davies was assistant bishop in 1963[5] and became Bishop of Tasmania. Leslie Stibbard was appointed an assistant bishop in 1964,[6] serving for ten years.[5] Geoffrey Parker served 1974–1982 and died on 28 February 1997.[7] Richard Appleby served 1983–1992[5] and became diocesan Bishop of the Northern Territory.

Graeme Rutherford (Graeme Stanley Rutherford) was consecrated a bishop on 4 November 2000[8] and served as assistant bishop for the Central Coast.[9]

Peter Stuart 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.[10]

References
  1. "Diocese of Sydney". New South Wales Government Gazette. New South Wales, Australia. 1 January 1848. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. Anglican Communion website
  3. McCarthy, Joanne (28 November 2017). "Newly-elected Newcastle Anglican Bishop Peter Stuart a 'passionate supporter' of women in ministry". The Newcastle Herald.
  4. "Diocese of Newcastle". New South Wales Government Gazette. 26 January 1848. p. 120 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Episcopal appointments". Church Times (#5316). 1 January 1965. p. 15. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 4 September 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.

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