Bishop of Rockhampton | |
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| Bishopric | |
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 Coat of arms of the Diocese | |
| Incumbent: Peter Grice since 27 February 2021 | |
| Style | The Right Reverend |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Queensland |
| Information | |
| First holder | Nathaniel Dawes |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Established | 1892 |
| Diocese | Rockhampton |
| Cathedral | St Paul's Cathedral, Rockhampton |
| Website | |
| Diocese of Rockhampton | |
The Bishop of Rockhampton is the diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Rockhampton, Australia. [1]
| Bishops of Rockhampton | ||||
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| No | From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1 | 1892 | 1908 | Nathaniel Dawes | Previously Archdeacon of Anglican Diocese of Brisbane and later its first coadjutor bishop. |
| 2 | 1909 | 1920 | George Halford | Previously Archdeacon of Mitchell, Queensland; resigned to establish the Order of Witness. |
| 3 | 1921 | 1927 | Philip Crick | Translated to Ballarat. |
| 4 | 1928 | 1946 | Fortescue Ash | |
| 5 | 1947 | 1958 | James Housden | Translated to Newcastle. |
| 6 | 1959 | 1963 | Theodore McCall | Translated to Wangaratta. |
| 7 | 1963 | 1971 | Donald Shearman | Later Bishop of Grafton; subsequently resigned his holy orders and was defrocked. |
| 8 | 1971 | 1980 | Sir John Grindrod KBE | Translated from Riverina; translated to Brisbane; later also Primate of Australia. |
| 9 | 1981 | 1996 | George Hearn | |
| 10 | 1996 | 2003 | Ron Stone AM | Previously an assistant bishop in Tasmania. |
| 11 | 2003 | 2013 | Godfrey Fryar | Previously Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. |
| 12 | 2014 | 2020 | David Robinson | |
| 13 | 2021 | present | Peter Grice | Previously Dean of Geraldton; installed 27 February 2021. |
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