Diocese of Riverina

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For the Catholic church in the area, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilcannia-Forbes.

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.

Ministry services

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]

History

The Diocese of Riverina was established in 1884 when the Diocese of Goulburn was divided.

Sydney Linton: 1884–1895

As first bishop, Linton 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.

Ernest Anderson: 1895–1925

Despite his episcopacy being dogged by prolonged drought and financial hardship, Bishop Andserson managed to double the nunmber of parishes in the diocese.

Reginald Halse: 1925 – 1943

Sir Reginald Charles Halse CMG, KBE was the Bishop of Riverina from 1925 unto 1943 when he was translated to Archbishop of Brisbane.

Charles Murray: 1944–1950

Charles Herbert Murray

Bishop Hector Gordon Robinson: 1951-1965

In 1953 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.

Bishop John Basil Rowland Grindrod: 1966-1971

Sir John 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.

Bishop Barry Hunter: 1972-1992

Bishop 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.

Bishop Bruce Quentin Clark: 1993-2004

Bishop 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.

Bishop Douglas Stevens: 2005-2012

Bishop 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.^[2] 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.^[3] Stevens resigned as the Bishop of Riverina on 11 November 2012.^[4]

Cathedral

St Alban's Cathedral

St Albans Cathedral in Griffith is the see 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.

cathedral interior

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

References

↑ Kathleen Dyett (2011-09-05). "Anglican merger to save Bathurst diocese - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Abc.net.au. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
↑ Who's Who2008: London, A & C Black ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
↑ Gilliland Design Studios: easyeditors. "Diocese of Riverina: Anglican Church of Australia, Riverina Anglican Cathedral, Anglican Ministry, Adminsitration Riverina, Services, Prayer, Music, visit Riverina Cathedral". Anglicanriverina.com. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
↑ Diocese of Riverina – Bishop (Accessed 26 June 2013)

External links

Anglican hierarchy in Australia

Primate of Australia

Province of New South Wales

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Sydney Armidale Bathurst Canberra & Goulburn Grafton Newcastle Riverina

Assistant bishops	Sydney (Western Sydney, Wollongong, South Sydney, Northern Region, Georges River) Bathurst Canberra & Goulburn Newcastle

Province of Victoria

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Melbourne Ballarat Bendigo Gippsland Wangaratta

Assistant bishops	Melbourne (Southern, North West, Eastern)

Province of Queensland

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Brisbane North Queensland Rockhampton Northern Territory

Assistant bishops	Brisbane (Western, Northern, Southern) North Queensland

Province of Western Australia

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Perth Bunbury North West Australia

Assistant bishops	Perth (Eastern and Rural, Northern, Southern)

Province of South Australia

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Adelaide Willochra The Murray

Extra-provincial

Diocesan bishops	Tasmania

Missioner bishops	Stewardship Projects and Training

Coordinates: 34°44′48.19″S 146°33′19.71″E / 34.7467194°S 146.5554750°E / -34.7467194; 146.5554750

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