Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn

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Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn
Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn logo.png
Coat of arms
Location
CountryAustralia
Ecclesiastical province New South Wales
Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney
Coordinates 34°45′12″S149°42′57″E / 34.75333°S 149.71583°E / -34.75333; 149.71583
Statistics
Parishes60
Information
Denomination Anglican
Rite Low church evangelical
Established
  • 1863
    (as the Diocese of Goulburn)
  • 1950
    (as the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn)
Cathedral St Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn
Current leadership
Parent church Anglican Church of Australia
BishopRight Rev Mark Short, DD [1]
(since 6 April 2019)
Assistant bishop
Website
anglicancg.org.au

The Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn is one of the 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. The diocese has 60 parishes covering most of south-east New South Wales, the eastern Riverina and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). It stretches from Marulan in the north, from Batemans Bay to Eden on the south coast across to Holbrook in the south-west, north to Wagga Wagga, Temora, Young and Goulburn.

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History

The Diocese of Goulburn was excised out of the Diocese of Sydney in 1863. At that time, it extended to the south and west of Goulburn to the south-western corner of New South Wales (south of the 34th degree of latitude). In 1884, the diocese was divided, with the western portion designated as the major part of the newly created Diocese of Riverina. In 1950, the name of the remaining part of the diocese was changed to Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn, and in 1986, the area around and including Albury was subsumed into the Diocese of Wangaratta. [2]

St Saviour's Cathedral, the mother church of the diocese, is located in Goulburn, New South Wales. Both the diocesan bishop and the diocesan office are located in Canberra, Australia's national capital, which is 87 kilometres to the south of Goulburn. [3]

List of diocesan bishops

St Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn GoulburnStSaviour'sCathedral.jpg
St Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn
This section is an excerpt from Anglican Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn.[ edit ]
Bishops of Goulburn
NoFromUntilIncumbentNotes
118631892 Mesac Thomas Died in office.
218921901 William Chalmers Previously a Canon of Melbourne Cathedral; died in office.
319021915 Christopher Barlow Translated from North Queensland; retired.
419151933 Lewis Radford Retired.
519341950 Ernest Burgmann Became Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn.
Bishops of Canberra and Goulburn
519501960Ernest BurgmannPreviously Bishop of Goulburn; retired.
619611971 Kenneth Clements Previously coadjutor bishop in the diocese; Translated from Grafton; retired.
719721983 Cecil Warren Previously assistant bishop in the diocese; retired.
819831993 Owen Dowling Previously assistant bishop in the diocese; retired.
919932008 George Browning Previously assistant bishop for coastal Brisbane; retired.
1020092018 Stuart Robinson Elected 1 November 2008; consecrated and enthroned 31 January 2009. Resigned 31 March 2018.
112019present Mark Short Elected November 2018. Consecrated and installed on 6 April 2019.
Source(s): [4] [5]

Previous bishops

Bishop Stuart Robinson

Elizabeth II talking with Paul Black and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh with Stuart Robinson at St John the Baptist Church, Reid on 23 October 2011 Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip with Canberra Anglicans 23Oct11.jpg
Elizabeth II talking with Paul Black and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh with Stuart Robinson at St John the Baptist Church, Reid on 23 October 2011

Stuart Robinson was elected 10th bishop of the diocese on 2 November 2008 and laid up his staff on 31 March 2018. He was consecrated and enthroned at St Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn on 31 January 2009. [6] Trevor Edwards (bishop) was consecrated assistant bishop on 12 June 2004. [7]

The consecration of Genieve Blackwell, formerly the Archdeacon for Goulburn and Rural Ministry, as part-time assistant bishop for the region of Wagga Wagga, the North-West and South-West (also becoming the Archdeacon of Wagga Wagga) and Ian Lambert, formerly the Archdeacon for the South Coast and Monaro, as part-time assistant bishop for the region of the Coast, Southern Monaro and the Snowy (also remaining as archdeacon) took place at St Saviour’s Cathedral, Goulburn on 31 March 2012. [8] [9] [10] The then Archbishop of Sydney, Peter Jensen, who would normally be expected to consecrate the new bishops, asked the Bishop of Newcastle, Brian Farran, to take his place because Jensen opposes the ordination of women. [11] Blackwell was the third woman to become an Anglican bishop in Australia and the 31st in the world. [11]

Bishop Genieve Blackwell had served as Bishop of the Marmingatha Episcopate in the Diocese of Melbourne since her appointment in 2015.

Bishop Ian Lambert has served as Assistant Bishop to the Australian Defence Force since his appointment in 2013.

Archdeacon Matt Brain was consecrated bishop by Bishop Stuart Robinson on 18 June 2015 and served as Assistant Bishop in the diocese of Canberra and Goulburn until his appointment as Bishop of Bendigo in 2018. Bishop Trevor Edwards is serving the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn as Episcopal Administrator until the Consecration of the Reverend Mark Short ad Diocesan Bishop in St Saviour's Cathedral Goulburn on 6 April 2019.

Assistant bishops

Kenneth John Clements was Archdeacon of Goulburn before his consecration to the episcopate as the first bishop coadjutor in the Diocese of Goulburn on 29 June 1949. He succeeded, becoming diocesan Bishop of Grafton in 1956. Five years later he was translated to (by then renamed) Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn.

Allan Warren was consecrated an assistant bishop within the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn on 21 September 1965, and on 15 November 1971 was elected its diocesan bishop.

Owen Douglas was the Archdeacon of Canberra when he was consecrated assistant bishop in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn on 25 March 1981, and on 15 November 1983 was elected its diocesan bishop.

Richard Randerson served as Assistant Bishop of Canberra & Goulburn from his consecration on 21 December 1994 until 1999, when he became vicar-general of Auckland (and later assistant bishop). [12]

Bruce Wilson was Director of St Mark's Theological College, Canberra and an Assistant Bishop, 1984–1989; at the time of his consecration, he was the church's youngest bishop. [13] [14]

Ian George was an Assistant Bishop, 1989–1991; and Godfrey Fryar, 2003–2013. Trevor Edwards served as assistant bishop from 2004 and Vicar-General from 2009 to 2019. [15]

Stephen Pickard served as an assistant bishop from 2012 to 2022 [16] [17]

Currently, Carol Wagner has served as an assistant bishop since 2020.

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References

Citations

  1. ↑ "Canberra-Goulburn Elects a New Bishop". Anglican Diocese of Canberra & Goulburn. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  2. ↑ Diocesan Profile 2018, pp. 5–7.
  3. ↑ Diocesan Profile 2018, pp. 6, 14.
  4. ↑ Diocesan Profile 2018, p. 6.
  5. ↑ "Canberra-Goulburn Elects a New Bishop". Anglican Diocese of Canberra & Goulburn. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Bishop Stuart Robinson". Archived from the original on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "Bishop Trevor Edwards". Diocese of Canberra & Goulburn. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012.
  8. ↑ Anglican Diocese of Canberra & Goulburn – Assistant Bishops Archived January 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ Byrne, Elizabeth (31 March 2012). "Bishops Genieve Blackwell has become NSW's first female Anglican bishop". ABC News. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  10. ↑ Byrne, Elizabeth (1 April 2012). "NSW's first female Anglican bishop appointed". ABC News. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  11. 1 2 Brown, Malcolm (30 March 2012). "Jensen begs off as deputy consecrates woman bishop". THe Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  12. ↑ ACANZP Lectionary, 2019 (p. 146)
  13. ↑ "Bishop of Bathurst to retire" . Church Times . No. 7140. 17 December 1999. p. 2. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 30 August 2019– via UK Press Online archives.
  14. ↑ "New Page 6".
  15. ↑ "Bishops". Anglican Diocese of Canberra & Goulburn. Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  16. ↑ "Episcopal overseer for deacons" (PDF). Anglican News: The Newspaper of the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. Vol. 29, no. 3. Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. May 2012. p. 3. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  17. ↑ "Clergy Moves" (PDF). Anglican News: a magazine for the Anglican community of Canberra and Goulburn. Vol. 39, no. 3. Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. April 2022. p. 3. Retrieved 15 April 2022.

Sources

  • Frame, T. R. (2000). A Church for a Nation: A History of the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. Alexandria, NSW: Hale & Iremonger. ISBN   0868066958.
  • Diocesan Profile (PDF). Canberra, ACT: Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
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