Anglican Primate of Australia

The Anglican Primate of Australia is the senior bishop of the Anglican Church of Australia. The primate is elected from among the country's Anglican diocesan bishops.

List

Ex officio primates
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1847	1849	William Broughton, Bishop of Australia	Only Primate of Australasia.
1849	1853	William Broughton, Bishop of Sydney	Only Primate of Australasia.
1854	1882	Frederic Barker, Bishop of Sydney	First Primate of Australia ex officio as Bishop of Sydney.
1884	1889	Alfred Barry, Bishop of Sydney	Ex officio primate as Bishop of Sydney.
1890	1897	Saumarez Smith, Bishop of Sydney	Ex officio primate as Bishop/Archbishop of Sydney; died in office.
1897	1909	Saumarez Smith, Archbishop of Sydney
Elected primates
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1910	1933	John Wright, Archbishop of Sydney	Also Archbishop of Sydney since 1909; died in office.
1935	1946	Henry Le Fanu, Archbishop of Perth	Also Archbishop of Perth since 1929; died in office.
1947	1958	Howard Mowll, Archbishop of Sydney	Also Archbishop of Sydney since 1933; died in office.
1959	1966	Hugh Gough, Archbishop of Sydney	Also Archbishop of Sydney since 1959.
1966	1970	Philip Strong, Archbishop of Brisbane	Also Archbishop of Brisbane since 1962.
1971	1977	Sir Frank Woods, Archbishop of Melbourne	Also Archbishop of Melbourne since 1958; knighted in 1972.
1978	1982	Sir Marcus Loane, Archbishop of Sydney	Also Archbishop of Sydney since 1966; knighted in 1976.
1982	1989	Sir John Grindrod, Archbishop of Brisbane	Also Archbishop of Brisbane since 1980; knighted in 1983.
1990	1999	Keith Rayner, Archbishop of Melbourne	Also Archbishop of Melbourne since 1990.
2000	2005	Peter Carnley, Archbishop of Perth	Also Archbishop of Perth since 1981.
2005	4 July 2014^[1]	Phillip Aspinall, Archbishop of Brisbane	Also Archbishop of Brisbane since 2002; first primate to serve a limited (9-year) term.
4 July 2014^[1]	onwards	Philip Freier, Archbishop of Melbourne	Also Archbishop of Melbourne.

References

1 2 Melbourne Archbishop to lead Australian Anglican Church, 29 June 2014 (Accessed 30 June 2014)

Primates of Australia

William Broughton Frederic Barker Alfred Barry Saumarez Smith John Wright Henry Le Fanu Howard Mowll Hugh Gough Philip Strong Sir Frank Woods Sir Marcus Loane Sir John Grindrod Keith Rayner Peter Carnley Phillip Aspinall Philip Freier

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

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