Bishop of Tasmania | |
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| Bishopric | |
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 Coat of arms of the diocese | |
| Incumbent: Richard Condie since 19 March 2016 | |
| Style | The Right Reverend |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Extra-provincial |
| Information | |
| First holder | Francis Nixon |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Established | 21 August 1842 |
| Diocese | Tasmania |
| Cathedral | St David's Cathedral, Hobart |
| Website | |
| Diocese of Tasmania | |
The Bishop of Tasmania is the diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Tasmania, Australia. [1]
| Bishops of Tasmania | ||||
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| No | From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1 | 1842 | 1863 | Francis Nixon | Consecrated 24 August 1842. |
| 2 | 1864 | 1882 | Charles Bromby | Later Assistant Bishop of Lichfield and Assistant Bishop of Bath and Wells. |
| 3 | 1883 | 1889 | Daniel Sandford FRSE | Later coadjutor bishop to two successive Bishops of Durham. |
| 4 | 1889 | 1901 | Henry Montgomery KCMG | Father of Field-Marshal Bernard Montgomery. |
| 5 | 1902 | 1914 | Edward Mercer | Later Archdeacon of Macclesfield. |
| 6 | 1914 | 1919 | Reginald Stephen | Previously Dean of Melbourne; translated to Newcastle. |
| 7 | 1919 | 1943 | Robert Hay | Previously Dean of Hobart; died in office. |
| 8 | 1944 | 1963 | Geoffrey Cranswick | |
| 9 | 1963 | 1981 | Robert Davies CBE | Previously Assistant Bishop of Newcastle. |
| 10 | 1982 | 2000 | Philip Newell | Previously Archdeacon of Lilley. |
| 11 | 2000 | 2015 | John Harrower | Later Assistant Bishop assisting the Primate of Australia. |
| 12 | 2016 | present | Richard Condie | Previously an archdeacon in the Diocese of Melbourne; consecrated 19 March 2016. |
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