Bishop of Bendigo | |
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| Bishopric | |
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 Coat of arms of the Diocese | |
| Incumbent: Matt Brain since 17 February 2018 | |
| Style | The Right Reverend |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Victoria |
| Information | |
| First holder | Henry Langley |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Established | 5 March 1902 |
| Diocese | Bendigo |
| Cathedral | St Paul's Cathedral, Bendigo |
| Website | |
| Diocese of Bendigo | |
The Bishop of Bendigo is the diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Bendigo, Australia. [1]
| Bishops of Bendigo | ||||
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| No | From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1 | 1902 | 1906 | Henry Langley | Installed and enthroned 5 March 1902. |
| 2 | 1907 | 1920 | John Langley | Previously Archdeacon of Cumberland and a Canon of St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney |
| 3 | 1920 | 1938 | Donald Baker | |
| 4 | 1938 | 1957 | Charles Riley CBE VD | Previously Archdeacon of Northam. |
| 5 | 1957 | 1974 | Ronald Richards | Previously Archdeacon of Ballarat. |
| 6 | 1975 | 1991 | Oliver Heyward | Later assistant to the Primate of Australia. |
| 7 | 1992 | 1993 | Ben Wright | Previously Archdeacon of Stirling, then of the Goldfields and finally of O’Connor. |
| 8 | 1995 | 2002 | David Bowden | Previously Archdeacon of the Central Coast, then of Newcastle. |
| 9 | 2003 | 2017 | Andrew Curnow AM | Previously Bishop of the Northern Region, Melbourne. |
| 10 | 2018 | present | Matt Brain | Previously Assistant Bishop in Canberra and Goulburn. Installed 17 February 2018. |
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