Anglican Diocese of Riverina

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Diocese of Riverina
Anglican Diocese of Riverina logo.png
Coat of arms
Location
CountryAustralia
Ecclesiastical province New South Wales
Metropolitan Archbishop of Sydney
Coordinates 34°44′S146°33′E / 34.733°S 146.550°E / -34.733; 146.550 Coordinates: 34°44′S146°33′E / 34.733°S 146.550°E / -34.733; 146.550
Information
Denomination Anglican
Established1884
CathedralSt Alban's Cathedral, Griffith
Current leadership
Parent church Anglican Church of Australia
Bishop Donald Kirk
DeanThomas Leslie
Website
anglicanriverina.com

The Diocese of Riverina is one of 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. The diocese covers 37% of New South Wales, including the Riverina and the far west of the state. The diocese was established in 1884 when the Diocese of Goulburn was divided.

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Parishes and ministry

The diocese has 23 parishes and covers main population centres of Griffith, Broken Hill, Deniliquin, Leeton, Narrandera and Corowa.

However, only 15 of the parishes have full-time clergy. In 2003 funding pressures lead the diocese to a joint funding arrangement with the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn and the Diocese of Bathurst for several ministry services. [1]

List of diocesan bishops

Bishops of Riverina
OrdinalIncumbentTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
1 Sydney Linton 1884189510–11 yearsLinton established the see and cathedra in Hay and was instrumental in setting up the first synod for the Church of England in Australia in 1887. [2]
2 Ernest Anderson 1895192529–30 yearsDespite his episcopacy being dogged by prolonged drought and financial hardship, Bishop Andserson managed to double the nunmber of parishes in the diocese.
3 Sir Reginald Charles Halse CMG , KBE 1925194317–18 yearsOn completion of his term, Halse was translated to Archbishop of Brisbane. [3]
4 Charles Herbert Murray 194419505–6 yearsBishop Murray was consecrated bishop on 2 February 1944. Together with Norman Blow, the Dean of Newcastle, he was killed on 26 June 1950 when the A.N.A. Skymaster "Amana" crashed on a return flight from Perth. [4]
5 Hector Robinson 1951196513–14 yearsIn 1953 Bishop Robinson transferred the administrative centre of the diocese to Narrandera, with accommodation for the bishop and registry. Hay, however, remained the site of the pro-cathedral of the diocese.
6 Sir John Grindrod 196619714–5 yearsBishop Grindrod, an Englishman, came to Riverina via Queensland. He travelled widely to the remote parts of the diocese (in a small VW Beetle) and was a keen bird-spotter. He later became Bishop of Rockhampton, Archbishop of Brisbane and Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia. He died in January 2009.
7 Barry Hunter 1972199219–20 yearsBishop Hunter was a keen poet and the first and only pilot-bishop of the diocese, flying a Cessna across the diocese for many years. He developed strategies to help lesson the sense of isolation of parishes and clergy. During the centenary year of the diocese, the church of St Alban in Griffith was designated as the cathedral. In 1992 St Martin's College was established as an Anglican residential college at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga by both the Riverina and Canberra-Goulburn dioceses.
8 Bruce Quentin Clark 1993200410–11 yearsBishop Clarke served the wider church as chairperson of the Provincial Education Committee. During his episcopacy the financial base of the diocese was strengthened by the establishment of the Riverina Anglican Foundation and the receipt of the Faulks bequest.
9 Douglas Stevens 200520126–7 yearsBishop Stevens was consecrated and enthroned as the ninth bishop of the diocese on 29 November 2005 at the Cathedral Church of St Alban the Martyr, Griffith. He formerly served in the Newcastle and Grafton dioceses in the parishes of Toronto, Merriwa, Newcastle Cathedral, Bolton Point, Wingham, Nambucca Heads and Tweed Heads. He is married to Denise (née Hull) and they have two daughters, Aisling and Erin. [5] He served the wider church as Anglican co-chair of AUSTARC (the Australian Anglican and Roman Catholic dialogue group) and the New South Wales Provincial Education Commission. [6] Stevens resigned as the Bishop of Riverina on 11 November 2012. [7]
10 Alan Robert "Rob" Gillion 201420187–8 yearsBishop Gillion, formerly the Rector of Upper Chelsea in London, England, based at Holy Trinity Sloane Street, was consecrated and installed at Griffith Cathedral on 15 August 2014.
11 Donald Kirk 2019incumbent2–3 yearsMost recently rector of Hamilton in the Diocese of Ballarat, and Dean of Grafton prior to that.

Cathedral

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St Alban's Cathedral

St Alban's Cathedral in Griffith is the cathedral of the diocese. Initial ground work for the cathedral building begun as early as 1937, but substantive construction was not until 1954 and the foundation stone being laid in 1954. However, the building did not actually become the cathedral until 1984 as part of the diocese's centenary celebrations.

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Cathedral interior

The cathedral was invested in honour of the World War II fallen and in 1956 the Archbishop of Brisbane dedicated the cathedral's honour roll.

Parishes

Christ The King Anglican Church (Hillston) St Peters Anglican Church (Leeton)

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References

  1. ↑ Dyett, Kathleen (5 September 2011). "Anglican merger to save Bathurst diocese". ABC News . Australia. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Linton, Sydney (1841–1894)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Melbourne University Press. ISSN   1833-7538 . Retrieved 18 June 2018– via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  3. ↑ "Halse, Sir Reginald Charles (1881–1962)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Melbourne University Press. ISSN   1833-7538 . Retrieved 18 June 2018– via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  4. ↑ "Bishop Charles Murray". Monument Australia. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Who's Who. London: A & C Black. 2008. ISBN   978-0-7136-8555-8.
  6. ↑ Gilliland Design Studios: easyeditors. "Diocese of Riverina: Anglican Church of Australia, Riverina Anglican Cathedral, Anglican Ministry, Administration Riverina, Services, Prayer, Music, visit Riverina Cathedral". Anglicanriverina.com. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  7. ↑ Diocese of Riverina – Bishop (Accessed 26 June 2013)

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