Anglican Diocese of Newcastle (Australia)

Diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia For the Roman Catholic diocese in the Newcastle region, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.

Diocese of Newcastle

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Location
Country	Australia
Ecclesiastical province	New South Wales
Metropolitan	Archbishop of Sydney
Information
Denomination	Anglican
Established	25 June 1847 (1847-06-25)
Cathedral	Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle
Language	English
Current leadership
Parent church	Anglican Church of Australia
Bishop of Newcastle	Peter Stuart (since 2018)
Assistant bishops	Sonia Roulston (Inland Episcopate, since 2018) Charlie Murry (Coastal Episcopate, since 2018)
Dean	Katherine Bowyer (since 2017)
Archdeacons	Arthur Copeman (Archdeacon of Newcastle) Rod Bower (Archdeacon for Justice Ministries and Chaplaincy)
Website
Diocese of Newcastle

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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.

The diocese was founded from the Diocese of Australia by letters patent of 25 June 1847. 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, the assistant bishop at the time, was elected as the diocesan bishop. He was installed at Christ Church Cathedral on 2 February 2018.

Bishops

This section is an excerpt from Anglican Bishop of Newcastle (Australia).

Bishops of Newcastle
No	From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1	1847	1879	William Tyrrell	Installed 26 January 1848; died in office.
2	1880	1889	Josiah Pearson
3	1890	1905	George Stanton	Translated from North Queensland; died in office.
4	1906	1919	Jack Stretch	Previously Dean of Ballarat, coadjutor bishop of Brisbane and Dean of Newcastle; died in office.
5	1919	1928	Reginald Stephen	Translated from Tasmania.
6	1928	1930	George Long	Translated from Bathurst; died in office.
7	1931	1958	De Witt Batty	Previously Dean of Brisbane and coadjutor bishop of Brisbane.
8	1958	1972	James Housden	Translated from Rockhampton.
9	1973	1977	Ian Shevill	Translated from North Queensland.
10	1978	1992	Alfred Holland	Previously Assistant Bishop of Perth.
11	1993	2005	Roger Herft AM	Translated from Waikato and Taranaki; translated to Perth.
12	2005	2012	Brian Farran	Previously Dean of Rockhampton and an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Perth.
13	2013	2017	Greg Thompson	Translated from the Northern Territory.
14	2018	present	Peter Stuart	Previously Assistant Bishop of Newcastle.
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Assistant bishops

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

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

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.

References

"Diocese of Sydney". New South Wales Government Gazette. New South Wales, Australia. 1 January 1848. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.
Anglican Communion website
McCarthy, Joanne (28 November 2017). "Newly-elected Newcastle Anglican Bishop Peter Stuart a 'passionate supporter' of women in ministry". The Newcastle Herald.
"Diocese of Newcastle". New South Wales Government Gazette. 26 January 1848. p. 120 – via National Library of Australia.
"History of the Diocese". Anglican Diocese of Newcastle (Australia). Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^ "Clergy, Bishops of the Diocese of Newcastle, Assistant Bishops". Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
"Episcopal appointments". Church Times. No. 5316. 1 January 1965. p. 15. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 4 September 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
"Proceedings Of The Eleventh General Synod" (PDF). 1998. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
"Archived copy". anglicanarchives.org.au. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Rutherford, Graeme; Rutherford, Jonathan (9 August 1913). Beloved Father Beloved Son: A Conversation About Faith Between a Bishop and His Atheist Son. ISBN 9781625643018.
"Bishops : Newcastle Anglican". 24 August 2019.

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Anglican hierarchy in Australia

Primate of Australia

Province of New South Wales

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Sydney Armidale Bathurst Canberra and Goulburn Grafton Newcastle Riverina
Assistant bishops	Sydney (Western Region, Wollongong, Southern Region, Northern Region, South Western Region) Bathurst Canberra and Goulburn Newcastle (Coastal, Inland)

Province of Victoria

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Melbourne Ballarat Bendigo Gippsland Wangaratta
Assistant bishops	Melbourne (Marmingatha, Monomeeth, Oodthenong, Jumbunna)

Province of Queensland

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Brisbane North Queensland Rockhampton Northern Territory
Assistant bishops	Brisbane (Western, Northern, Southern) North Queensland

Province of Western Australia

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Perth Bunbury North West Australia
Assistant bishops	Perth (Eastern and Rural, Northern, Southern)

Province of South Australia

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Adelaide Willochra The Murray

Extra-provincial

Diocesan bishops	Tasmania
Assistant bishops	Tasmania National Aboriginal Bishop National Torres Strait Islander Bishop Bishop to the Australian Defence Force

Anglican Church of Australia

A list of all the Anglican dioceses, churches and cathedrals in Australia

Province of New South Wales

Dioceses	Sydney Churches Armidale Bathurst Canberra and Goulburn Grafton Newcastle Riverina
Cathedrals	Sydney (St Andrew) Armidale (St Peter) Bathurst (All Saints) Goulburn (St Savior) Grafton (Christ Church) Griffith (St Albans) Newcastle (Christ Church) Parramatta (St John) Wollongong (St Michael)
Churches	All Saints', Petersham All Saints Church, Canberra All Souls', Leichhardt St Andrew's, Roseville St Barnabas, Broadway Christ Church, Rouse Hill Christ Church, Springwood Christ Church, St Laurence Church by the Bridge St Clement's, Mosman Garrison Church Holy Innocents, Rossmore Holy Trinity, Kelso St James', Sydney St James', Morpeth St John the Baptist, Ashfield St John the Evangelist, Darlinghurst St John the Evangelist, Newcastle St John the Evangelist, Wentworth St John the Baptist, Reid St John's, Camden St John's, Wilberforce St Jude's, Randwick St Luke's, Liverpool St Mark's, Darling Point St Mary's the Virgin, Maitland St Mary's, Waverley St Matthew's, Windsor St Michael's, Surry Hills Narellan Naremburn Cammeray St Paul's, Burwood St Paul's, Castle Hill St Peter's, St Peters St Peter's, Richmond St Philip's, Kingswood St Philip's, Sydney St Stephen's, Newtown St Thomas', Mulgoa St Thomas', North Sydney

Province of Victoria

Dioceses	Melbourne Churches Ballarat Bendigo Gippsland Wangaratta
Cathedrals	Melbourne (St Paul) Bendigo (St Paul) Sale (St Paul)
Churches	Christ Church, Geelong Holy Trinity Church, Bacchus Marsh St Peter's, Eastern Hill

Province of Queensland

Dioceses	Brisbane North Queensland Rockhampton Northern Territory
Cathedrals	Brisbane (St John) Townsville (St James) Rockhampton (St Paul)
Churches	All Saints, Brisbane All Saints, Darnley Island All Saints, Tamrookum All Saints, Yandilla Christ Church, St Lawrence Christ Church, Childers Christ Church, Milton Christ Church, Tingalpa Holy Trinity, Fortitude Valley Holy Trinity, Herberton Holy Trinity, Mackay Holy Trinity, Saibai Island Holy Trinity, Woolloongabba Old Bishopsbourne Chapel Old St Mark's, Slacks Creek Shepherd Memorial Church of St Peter, Proston St Agnes, Esk St Andrew's, Ormiston St Andrew's, South Brisbane St Andrew's, Toogoolawah St Anne's, Jondaryan St Augustine's, Leyburn St David's, Allora St David's, Mossman St Denys St George's, Beenleigh St James, Toowoomba St John the Baptist, Bulimba St John the Baptist, Richmond St John's, Dalby St John's, South Townsville St John's, Mundoolun St John's, Rockhampton St Luke's, Boyne Island St Luke's, Toowoomba St Mark's, Rockhampton St Mark's, Dunwich St Mark's, Warwick St Mary's, Kangaroo Point St Mary's, Mount Morgan St Matthew's, Drayton St Michael and All Angels, Kingaroy St Paul's, Cleveland St Paul's, East Brisbane St Paul's, Ipswich St Paul's, Maryborough St Paul's, Proserpine St Saviour's, South Johnstone St Thomas', Toowong

Province of Western Australia

Dioceses	Perth Bunbury North West Australia
Cathedrals	Perth (St George) Bunbury (St Boniface) Geraldton (Holy Cross)
Churches	All Saints Church, Henley Brook Holy Trinity Church, Roebourne St John's Church, Albany St Mary's Church, Busselton

Province of South Australia

Dioceses	Adelaide The Murray Willochra
Cathedrals	Adelaide (St Peter) Murray Bridge (St John the Baptist)
Churches	Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide St Matthew's Church, Kensington Christ Church, North Adelaide

Extra-provincial

Dioceses	Tasmania
Cathedrals	Hobart (St David)

Defunct

Dioceses	Carpentaria Kalgoorlie St Arnaud Papua New Guinea
Churches	Broadway Carlingford Deniliquin Prospect Seven Hills Walcha Wallerawang (now Presbyterian) Yarramalong

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