Anglican Diocese of Perth

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The Anglican Diocese of Perth is one of the twenty three 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. From 1914 the head of the diocese was elevated to the rank of archbishop. The diocese incorporates the southern part of the state of Western Australia and includes the Christmas and Cocos Islands. Other dioceses in 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.

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Tenure Name Notes
1856-1875 Mathew Blagden Hale 1st Bishop of Perth
1876-1893 Henry Hutton Parry 2nd Bishop of Perth
1895-1929 Charles Owen Leaver Riley 3rd Bishop of Perth 1895-1914; 1st Archbishop of Perth 1914-1929
1929-1946 Henry Frewen Le Fanu 2nd Archbishop of Perth 1929-1946; Primate of Australia 1935-1946
1947-1962 Robert William Haines Moline 3rd Archbishop of Perth
1963-1969 George Appleton 4th Archbishop of Perth
1969-1980 Geoffrey Tremayne Sambell 5th Archbishop of Perth
1981-2005 Peter Frederick Carnley 6th Archbishop of Perth 1981-2005; Primate of Australia 2000-2005
2005- Roger Herft 7th Archbishop of Perth and Metropolitan of the Province of Western Australia

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