Anglican Diocese of St Arnaud

Diocese of St Arnaud
Coat of arms
Location
Country	Australia
Territory	Mallee Wimmera
Ecclesiastical province	Victoria
Metropolitan	Archbishop of Melbourne
Coordinates	36°36′59″S143°15′18″E / 36.61639°S 143.25500°E / -36.61639; 143.25500
Information
Denomination	Anglicanism
Established	1926 (1926)
Dissolved	1976 (1976)
Cathedral	Christ Church, St Arnaud
Parent church	Church of England in Australia

The Anglican Diocese of St Arnaud was a diocese of the Church of England in Australia (now the Anglican Church of Australia ^[1] ), in the Mallee and Wimmera regions of north-west Victoria. ^{[2] [3]} It was created in 1926 out of the Diocese of Ballarat ^[4] and named after the town of St Arnaud. In 1976 it was amalgamated into the Diocese of Bendigo. ^[5]

Bishops

• Melville Charles James (1926–1950) ^[6]
• Allen Ernest Winter (1951–1973) ^[7]
• David Hubert Warner Shand (1973–1976), ^[8] who was also the dean. ^[9]

Archdeacons of St Arnaud

Incomplete list

• Frederic Morgan-Payler (1930–1935)
• H. D. Campbell (1935–1938) ^{[10] [11]} (also Vicar of Christ Church) ^[12]
• Edmund Franklin Cooper (1939–1940) ^{[13] [14]} (also Vicar of Christ Church) ^[15]
• R Gearing (1941–1945) (also Vicar of Christ Church) ^[16]
• Ernest Joseph Lees (1945–1954) ^[17]

• John Burnett (1965–1968)

• John Burnett (1970–1972)
• John Aylmer Leaver (1973–1974) ^[18] (also Vicar of Christ Church, 1966–1974) ^[19]

Cathedral

The cathedral church was Christ Church, St Arnaud, now known as Christ Church Old Cathedral. ^[20] The church was designed by F. M. Moore and built in 1864 in a Victorian unpainted brick Early English Gothic style. ^[21]

References

1. "Anglican Church of Australia (1981 - )". Find & Connect. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
2. The Age, 8 October 1966
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975–76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN   0-19-200008-X
4. The Times, 22 September 1926; p. 15;, Ecclesiastical News: The Church In Australia
5. "Diocese of Bendigo website". Archived from the original on 2009-09-12. Retrieved 2009-11-15.
6. "DIOCESE OF ST. ARNAUD". The Argus. 30 September 1926.
7. Victoria Government Gazette
8. NLA website
9. "Australian Church Histories: Christ Church Anglican, St Arnaud, Victoria" . Retrieved 12 December 2020.
10. "The Herald, 18 March 1935, p 7, via Trove NLA" . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
11. "The Age, 24 November 1938, p 10, via Trove NLA" . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
12. "Christ Church, St Arnaud: Clergy" . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
13. "Morwell Advertiser, 12 January 1939, p 9, via Trove NLA" . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
14. "The Age, 15 May 1946, p 2, via Trove NLA" . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
15. "Christ Church, St Arnaud: Clergy" . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
16. "Christ Church, St Arnaud: Clergy" . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
17. Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973–74, 85th Edition, p 569.
18. Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973–74, 85th Edition, p 566.
19. "Christ Church, St Arnaud: Clergy" . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
20. "Victorian Heritage: Christ Church Old Cathedral St Arnaud" . Retrieved 12 December 2020.
21. "Victorian Heritage: Christ Church Old Cathedral St Arnaud" . Retrieved 12 December 2020.