Bishop of Newcastle | |
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| Bishopric | |
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 Coat of arms of the Diocese | |
| Incumbent: Peter Stuart since 2 February 2018 | |
| Style | The Right Reverend |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Ecclesiastical province | New South Wales |
| Information | |
| First holder | William Tyrrell |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Established | 25 June 1847 |
| Diocese | Newcastle |
| Cathedral | Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle |
| Website | |
| Diocese of Newcastle | |
The Bishop of Newcastle is the diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, Australia. [1]
| Bishops of Newcastle | ||||
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| No | From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1 | 1847 | 1879 | William Tyrrell [2] | Installed 26 January 1848; died in office. |
| 2 | 1880 | 1889 | Josiah Pearson | |
| 3 | 1890 | 1905 | George Stanton | Translated from North Queensland; died in office. |
| 4 | 1906 | 1919 | Jack Stretch | Previously Dean of Ballarat, coadjutor bishop of Brisbane and Dean of Newcastle; died in office. |
| 5 | 1919 | 1928 | Reginald Stephen | Translated from Tasmania. |
| 6 | 1928 | 1930 | George Long | Translated from Bathurst; died in office. |
| 7 | 1931 | 1958 | De Witt Batty | Previously Dean of Brisbane and coadjutor bishop of Brisbane. |
| 8 | 1958 | 1972 | James Housden | Translated from Rockhampton. |
| 9 | 1973 | 1977 | Ian Shevill | Translated from North Queensland. |
| 10 | 1978 | 1992 | Alfred Holland | Previously Assistant Bishop of Perth. |
| 11 | 1993 | 2005 | Roger Herft AM | Translated from Waikato and Taranaki; translated to Perth. |
| 12 | 2005 | 2012 | Brian Farran | Previously Dean of Rockhampton and an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Perth. |
| 13 | 2013 | 2017 | Greg Thompson | Translated from the Northern Territory. |
| 14 | 2018 | present | Peter Stuart | Previously Assistant Bishop of Newcastle. |
| Source(s): [3] | ||||
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