Anglican Diocese of Newcastle (Australia)

The Anglican Diocese of Newcastle in Australia is located in the state of New South Wales and extends along the coast of the state from Woy Woy to Laurieton and inland to Merriwa and Murrurundi.

The diocese was founded from the Diocese of Australia by letters patent of 25 June 1847.^[1] The cathedral church of the diocese is Christ Church Cathedral in Newcastle.

On 24 September 2013 Greg Thompson, Bishop of the Northern Territory, was elected as the bishop of the diocese. He was installed at Christ Church Cathedral on 2 February 2014. The assistant bishop is Peter Stuart.^[2]

The Bishop of Newcastle is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Newcastle in the Anglican Church of Australia. The diocese is centred in Newcastle, New South Wales. The current Bishop of Newcastle is Greg Thompson.

Bishops

Bishops of Newcastle (Australia)
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1847	1879	William Tyrrell
1880	1889	Josiah Brown Pearson
1890	1905	George Henry Stanton	Translated from North Queensland
1906	1919	John Francis Stretch	Previously Dean of Ballarat and Dean of Newcastle
1919	1928	Reginald Stephen	Translated from Tasmania
1928	1930	George Merrick Long	Translated from Bathurst
1931	1958	Francis de Witt Batty	Previously Dean of Brisbane
1958	1972	James Alan George Housden	Translated from Rockhampton
1973	1977	Ian Wotton Allnutt Shevill	Translated from North Queensland
1978	1992	Alfred Charles Holland
1993	2005	Roger Herft	Translated from Waikato and Taranaki. Became Archbishop of Perth in 2005.
2005	2012	Brian Farran	Previously an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Perth
2013	2017	Greg Thompson	Translated from Diocese of the Northern Territory

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

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Melbourne Ballarat Bendigo Gippsland Wangaratta
Assistant bishops	Melbourne (Marmingatha, Oodthenong, Jumbunna)

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Brisbane North Queensland Rockhampton Northern Territory
Assistant bishops	Brisbane (Western, Northern, Southern) North Queensland

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Perth Bunbury North West Australia
Assistant bishops	Perth (Eastern and Rural, Northern, Southern)

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Adelaide Willochra The Murray

Extra-provincial

Diocesan bishops	Tasmania
Missioner bishops	Stewardship Projects and Training

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