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 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. The other dioceses in the Anglican Province of Western Australia are the Diocese of Bunbury and the Diocese of North West Australia.
The diocese has traditionally had a variety of churchmanship and in recent years has largely moved toward a more liberal and moderate Catholic style. There are, however, parishes and clergy representative of all the main Anglican traditions.
The cathedral church of the diocese is St George's Cathedral, Perth.
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Bishops of Perth | |||
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From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
1857 | 1875 | Mathew Hale | Translated to Brisbane. |
1876 | 1893 | Henry Parry | Died in office. |
1894 | 1914 | Charles Riley | Became Archbishop of Perth. |
Archbishops of Perth | |||
1914 | 1929 | Charles Riley | Previously Bishop of Perth; died in office. |
1929 | 1946 | Henry Le Fanu | Previously coadjutor bishop in Brisbane; elected Primate of Australia in 1935; died in office. |
1947 | 1962 | Robert Moline | |
1963 | 1969 | George Appleton | Translated to Jerusalem. |
1969 | 1980 | Geoffrey Sambell | Previously coadjutor bishop in Melbourne; died in office. |
1981 | 2005 | Peter Carnley | Elected Primate of Australia in 2000. |
2005 | present | Roger Herft | Previously Bishop of Waikato and then of Newcastle. |
Assistant bishops of Perth | |||
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From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
1957 | 1963 | Robert Freeth, Assistant Bishop of Perth | [1] |
1964 | aft. 1977 | Brian Macdonald, bishop coadjutor | [2] Thomas Brian Macdonald; previously Dean of Perth (1959–1964).[3] |
1978 | 1999 | Michael Challen, Assistant Bishop of Perth | [4] Previously archdeacon. |
c. 1982 | present? | Brian Kyme, Assistant Bishop of Perth | [5] |
c. 1990s | Ben Wright, Assistant Bishop of Perth, Goldfields Country Region | [6] | |
1998[7] | 2005[8] | Brian Farran, Assistant Bishop of Perth, Goldfields Country Region | Became Bishop of the Northern Region;[9] translated to Newcastle. |
bef. 1998 | c. 2005 | David Murray, Bishop of the Southern Region[10] | aka Bishop of Freemantle.[11][12] |
c. 2000 | Gerald Beaumont, Assistant Bishop of Perth, Goldfields Country Region | [11] | |
2004 | 2006 | Tom Wilmot, Assistant Bishop of Perth, Goldfields Country Region | Translated between regions. |
2007 | present | Tom Wilmot, Assistant Bishop of Perth, Eastern and Rural Region | |
2006 | 2008 | Mark Burton, Bishop of the Northern Region | [13] Became Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne |
2008 | present | Kay Goldsworthy, Assistant Bishop of Perth |
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