Anglican Diocese of Perth

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Diocese of Perth
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Location
CountryAustralia
Territory
Ecclesiastical province Western Australia
Metropolitan Archbishop of Perth
Headquarters
  • Church House
  • Level 5
  • 3 Pier Street
  • Perth WA 6000
Coordinates 31°57′21″S115°51′41″E / 31.9558°S 115.8613°E / -31.9558; 115.8613
Information
Denomination Anglicanism
Rite
Established11 January 1856 (1856-01-11)
Cathedral St George's Cathedral, Perth
LanguageEnglish
Current leadership
Parent church Anglican Church of Australia
Archbishop
Assistant bishops
Dean
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Diocese of Perth
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The Anglican Diocese of Perth is one of the 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. The constitution of the Diocese of Perth was passed and adopted in 1872 at the first synod held in Western Australia. In 1914, the Province of Western Australia was created and the diocesan bishop of Perth became ex officio metropolitan bishop of the new province and therefore also an archbishop.

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The diocese incorporates the southern part of the state of Western Australia and includes the Christmas and Cocos Islands. The other dioceses in the Anglican Province of Western Australia are the Diocese of Bunbury and the Diocese of North West Australia.

The cathedral church of the diocese is St George's Cathedral, Perth.

History

The diocese is one of the 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. The constitution of the diocese adopted in 1872 at the first synod held in Western Australia. In 1914, the Province of Western Australia was created and the diocesan bishop of Perth became ex officio metropolitan bishop of the new province and therefore also an archbishop.

The diocese incorporates the southern part of the state of Western Australia and includes the Christmas and Cocos Islands. It absorbed the Diocese of Kalgoorlie in 1972. The other dioceses in the Anglican Province of Western Australia are the Diocese of Bunbury and the Diocese of North West Australia.

Wollaston College is authorised by the Archbishop of Perth as the principal provider for theological education in the Diocese. It offers degree-level programs through its partnership with the University of Divinity. [1]

Churchmanship

The diocese has traditionally had a variety of churchmanship and in recent years has largely moved toward a more liberal and moderate Catholic style.[ citation needed ] There are, however, parishes and clergy representative of all the main Anglican traditions.

On 10 February 2018, Kay Goldsworthy became the first female archbishop in the Anglican Communion on her installation to the archdiocese.

Administrative history

The Perth diocese, like all Australian dioceses, has had administrative procedures dealt with by the diocesan trustees. A range of other sub-committees of the diocese handle broader issues. The trustees were known in earlier times as the Trustees of Church Property. [2]

The relationship of the church and government is not just from the proximity of the cathedral to government house. The land ownership and provision of favourable conditions for the diocese has occurred since establishment of the colony. [3] The Diocesan Trustees and Diocesan Council are regularly observed to deal with significant land and building projects in the history of Perth. [4]

In 1866, there were two archdeaconries: James Brown was Archdeacon of Perth and H. B. Thornhill of Geraldton. [5]

Issues

In the early 2000s the diocese had a large group of Anglo-Catholics from the parish of St Patricks Mt Lawley under the leadership of the then parish priest and high-ranking member of the diocesan clergy, Harry Entwistle, leave to join with another community of the Traditional Anglican Communion which later entered into the Catholic Church as a community of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross, [6] St Ninians and St Chads based in Mt Lawley. The Personal Ordinariates were created for Anglicans to enter into the Catholic Church and retain many elements of Anglican worship and spirituality, while accepting all doctrines of the Catholic Church. The group cited persecution and on going doctrinal issues for their leaving.

In 2013 the synod voted to recognise diversity of sexuality within the diocese, note many Anglicans support registration of same-sex civil unions, and acknowledge legal recognition of committed same-sex unions could co-exist with legal recognition of heterosexual marriage. Archbishop Roger Herft vetoed the motion, saying that "what we have in the Diocese of course is a number of people in same-sex relationships amongst the clergy and amongst the laity and we have always said that people of all forms of sexuality and orientation are welcome." [7] In a statement on human sexuality, Archbishop Herft confirmed that "there are gay and lesbian clergy serving in the priesthood. They are licensed by me and are honoured and respected as priests..." [8] In April 2016, a priest in St Andrew's Church within the diocese blessed a same-sex couple's relationship. [9] In 2022, Archbishop Kay Goldsworthy ordained as deacon a man in a same-sex civil partnership and appointed as precentor to the cathedral another man in a same-sex civil union. [10]

List of Bishops and Archbishops of Perth

This section is an excerpt from Anglican Archbishop of Perth.[ edit ]
Bishops of Perth
NoFromUntilIncumbentNotes
118571875 Mathew Hale Translated to Brisbane.
218761893 Henry Parry Died in office.
318941914 Charles Riley Became Archbishop of Perth.
Archbishops of Perth
119141929Charles RileyPreviously Bishop of Perth; died in office.
219291946 Henry Le Fanu Previously coadjutor bishop in Brisbane; elected Primate of Australia in 1935; died in office.
319471962 Robert Moline MC
419631969 George Appleton CMG , MBE Translated to Jerusalem.
519691980 Geoffrey Sambell CMG Previously coadjutor bishop in Melbourne; died in office.
619812004 Peter Carnley AC Elected Primate of Australia in 1999.
720052017 Roger Herft AM Previously Bishop of Waikato and then of Newcastle.
82018present Kay Goldsworthy AO Previously Assistant Bishop of Perth and then Bishop of Gippsland.
Source(s): [11]

Assistant bishops

Assistant bishops of Perth
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
19571963 Robert Freeth, Assistant Bishop of Perth [12]
1964aft. 1977 Brian Macdonald, bishop coadjutor [13] Thomas Brian Macdonald; previously Dean of Perth (1959–1961) [14] and Archdeacon of Perth, 1961 to 1967 [15]
19721978 Alfred Holland, Assistant Bishop of PerthTranslated to Newcastle
19741975 Denis Bryant, Assistant Bishop of PerthArchdeacon of Northam; [16] former Bishop of Kalgoorlie
19781999 Michael Challen, Assistant Bishop of Perth [17] Previously archdeacon.
19791981/2 Vernon Cornish, Assistant Bishop of Perthsee Bishop of Tasmania § Vernon Cornish
19821993 Brian Kyme, Assistant Bishop of Perth [18]
19881992 Ben Wright, Assistant Bishop of Perth, Goldfields Country Region [19] Subsequently, Bishop of Bendigo 1992-1993
19912006 David Murray, Bishop of the Southern Region [20]
19951998 Philip Huggins, regional bishopBecame Bishop of Grafton
1998 [21] 2005 [22] Brian Farran, Assistant Bishop of Perth, Goldfields Country RegionBecame Bishop of the Northern Region; [23] translated to Newcastle.
19982003 Gerald Beaumont, Assistant Bishop of Perth, Goldfields Country RegionSubsequently, Vicar of St John's, Camberwell, VIC [24]
20042006 Tom Wilmot, Assistant Bishop of Perth, Goldfields Country RegionTranslated between regions
20072016 [25] Tom Wilmot, Assistant Bishop of Perth, Eastern and Rural Region
20062008 Mark Burton, Bishop of the Northern Region [26] Became Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne
20082015 Kay Goldsworthy, Assistant Bishop of PerthBecame Bishop of Gippsland 2015–2017; elected Archbishop of Perth, August 2017. [27]
20142022 Jeremy James, Assistant Bishop of PerthTranslated to Willochra
2015current Kate Wilmot, Assistant Bishop of PerthAlso Assistant Bishop of the South Episcopate

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