Bishop of Riverina | |
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| Bishopric | |
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 Coat of arms of the Diocese | |
| Incumbent: Donald Kirk since 15 June 2019 | |
| Style | The Right Reverend |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Ecclesiastical province | New South Wales |
| Information | |
| First holder | Sydney Linton |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Established | 1 May 1884 |
| Diocese | Riverina |
| Cathedral | St Alban's Cathedral, Griffith |
| Website | |
| Diocese of Riverina | |
The Bishop of Riverina is the diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Riverina, Australia. [1]
| Bishops of Riverina | ||||
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| No | From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1 | 1884 | 1894 | Sydney Linton | Consecrated 1 May 1884 and installed 18 March 1885; died in office. |
| 2 | 1896 | 1925 | Ernest Anderson | |
| 3 | 1925 | 1943 | Sir Reginald Halse KBE CMG | Translated to Brisbane; knighted in 1962. |
| 4 | 1944 | 1950 | Charles Murray | Died in office. |
| 5 | 1951 | 1965 | Hector Robinson | Previously Archdeacon of Mackay; died in office. |
| 6 | 1966 | 1971 | Sir John Grindrod KBE | Translated to Rockhampton and then to Brisbane; Primate of Australia, 1982–1989; knighted in 1983. |
| 7 | 1972 | 1992 | Barry Hunter AM | Previously Archdeacon of the East in the Diocese of Rockhampton. |
| 8 | 1993 | 2004 | Bruce Clark | Previously Archdeacon of Wide Bay and then Moreton. |
| 9 | 2005 | 2012 | Douglas Stevens | |
| 10 | 2014 | 2018 | Rob Gillion | |
| 11 | 2019 | present | Donald Kirk | Installed 15 June 2019. |
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