Diocese of the Northern Territory

For the Roman Catholic Church in the Northern Territory, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Darwin.

Christ Church Cathedral, Darwin

The Anglican Diocese of the Northern Territory covers Australia's Northern Territory and is part of the Province of Queensland in the Anglican Church of Australia.

The first bishop of Australia's newest diocese was consecrated in 1968. The cathedral church of the diocese is Christ Church Cathedral, Darwin. The fifth bishop, Greg Thompson, resigned to become the Bishop of Newcastle, New South Wales. In June 2014 the diocese announced the appointment of Greg Anderson as the sixth bishop.^[1]

The dean of Christ Church Cathedral is Keith Joseph.

Cathedral

Christ Church in Darwin became a cathedral when the Northern Territory diocese was created in 1968 out of the larger Diocese of Carpentaria. The building was almost totally destroyed by Cyclone Tracy in 1974.^[2]

The present cathedral was completed in 1977 on the site of the previous building, incorporating the surviving porch of the old church. The porch had been constructed in 1944 by the Australian Navy. The back wall of the new octagonal building was formed from reclaimed stone from the old church. Many of the treasures of the original building were recovered and repaired.^[2]

List of deans

Source: Cathedral website^[2]

2013–present: Keith Joseph
2007–2013: Jeremy Greaves
2003–2007: Michael Nixon
1998–2000: Dennis Vanderwolf
1992–1997: Michael Chiplin
1983–1992: Murray Johnson
1968–1983: Clyde Wood (afterwards Bishop of the Northern Territory, 1983)

List of bishops

2014–present: Greg Anderson
2007–2013: Greg Thompson (translated to the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, 2014)
1999–2006: Philip Freier (translated to Melbourne, 2006)
1992–1997: Richard Appleby
1983–1992: Clyde Wood (later Bishop of North Queensland, 1996)
1968–1983: Ken Mason

References

↑ "The bishop". Anglican Church Northern Terrritory. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
1 2 3 "Christ Church Cathedral, Darwin - Our History". Retrieved 2012-12-28.

External links

Diocese of the Northern Territory website

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: 20°0′S 133°0′E / 20.000°S 133.000°E / -20.000; 133.000

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