Anglican Diocese of Adelaide

St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide

The Anglican Diocese of Adelaide is based in Adelaide, South Australia. The diocese is a part of the Province of South Australia of the Anglican Church of Australia and a part of the Anglican Communion. The diocesan cathedral is St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide.

The diocese was founded by letters patent of 25 June 1847^[1] and now forms part of the Province of South Australia, together with the Diocese of Willochra (1915) and the Diocese of The Murray (1969). Since 1970, the Bishop of Adelaide, as the senior bishop of the province (known as the metropolitan), has borne the title of Archbishop.

The current Archbishop of Adelaide is the Most Reverend Jeffrey Driver.

List of Bishops and Archbishops of Adelaide

Bishops of Adelaide
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1847	1882	Augustus Short
1882	1894	George Kennion	Translated to Bath and Wells.
1895	1905	John Harmer	Translated to Rochester.
1906	1940	Nutter Thomas
1941	1956	Bryan Robin	Formerly Archdeacon of Hampstead.
1957	1970	Tom Reed	Became Archbishop of Adelaide in 1970.
Archbishops of Adelaide
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1970	1975	Tom Reed	Bishop of Adelaide until 1970.
1975	1990	Keith Rayner	Translated from Wangaratta; translated to Melbourne.
1991	2004	Ian George	Previously assistant bishop in Canberra and Goulburn.
2005	present	Jeffrey Driver	Translated from Gippsland

History

The diocese was formed in 1847.^[2]

References

↑ Supplement to the New South Wales government gazette, 31 December 1847 (Accessed 21 December 2015)
↑ "History". Anglican Diocese of Adelaide. Retrieved 2015-10-11.

External links

Anglican hierarchy in Australia

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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

Anglican Church of Australia

A list of all the Anglican dioceses, churches and cathedrals in Australia

Province of New South Wales

Dioceses	Diocese of Armidale Diocese of Bathurst Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn Diocese of Grafton Diocese of Newcastle Diocese of Riverina Diocese of Sydney Churches

Cathedrals	St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle St Peter's Cathedral, Armidale St Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn

Churches	All Saints Anglican Church, Petersham All Souls Anglican Church, Leichhardt Christ Church, Rouse Hill Christ Church St Laurence Church by the Bridge Naremburn Cammeray Anglican Church St Andrew's, Roseville St. Barnabas, Broadway St James' Church, Sydney St John the Baptist Church, Ashfield St Thomas' Anglican Church, Narellan St Thomas' Anglican Church, North Sydney St Philip's Church, Sydney

Province of Victoria

Dioceses	Diocese of Bendigo Diocese of Ballarat Diocese of Gippsland Diocese of Melbourne Churches Diocese of Wangaratta

Cathedrals	St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne St Paul's Cathedral, Bendigo St Paul's Cathedral, Sale

Churches	Christ Church, Geelong Holy Trinity Church, Bacchus Marsh St Peter's, Eastern Hill

Province of Queensland

Dioceses	Diocese of Brisbane Diocese of North Queensland Diocese of Rockhampton Diocese of the Northern Territory

Cathedrals	St John's Cathedral, Brisbane St James' Cathedral, Townsville St Paul's Cathedral, Rockhampton

Churches	All Saints Anglican Church, Brisbane St Paul's Anglican Church, East Brisbane

Province of Western Australia

Dioceses	Diocese of Bunbury Diocese of North West Australia Diocese of Perth

Cathedrals	St George's Cathedral, Perth

Churches	All Saints Church, Henley Brook

Province of South Australia

Dioceses	Diocese of Adelaide Diocese of The Murray Diocese of Willochra

Cathedrals	St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide

Churches	Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide St John the Baptist Cathedral, Murray Bridge St Matthew's Church, Kensington

Extra-provincial

Dioceses	Diocese of Tasmania

Cathedrals	St David's Cathedral, Hobart

Defunct

Dioceses	Dicoese of Carpentaria Diocese of Kalgoorlie Diocese of St Arnaud

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