Anglican Diocese of Perth
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The Anglican Diocese of Perth is one of the twenty three dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. The Constitution of the Diocese of Perth was passed and adopted in 1872 at the first Synod held in Western Australia. From 1914 the head of the diocese was elevated to the rank of Archbishop. The diocese incorporates the southern part of the state of Western Australia and includes the Christmas and Cocos Islands. Other dioceses in Western Australia are the dioceses of Bunbury and of North West Australia.
The cathedral church of the diocese is St George's Cathedral, Perth.
[edit] Bishops and Archbishops of Perth
| Tenure | Incumbent | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1856-1875 | Mathew Blagden Hale | First Bishop |
| 1876-1893 | Henry Hutton Parry | Second Bishop |
| 1895-1929 | Charles Owen Leaver Riley | Bishop 1895-1914; First Archbishop 1914-1929 |
| 1929-1946 | Henry Frewen Le Fanu | Archbishop 1929-1946 Primate of Australia 1935-1946 |
| 1947-1962 | Robert William Haines Moline | Third Archbishop |
| 1963-1969 | George Appleton | Fourth Archbishop |
| 1969-1980 | Geoffrey Tremayne Sambell | Fifth Archbishop |
| 1981-2005 | Peter Frederick Carnley | Sixth Archbishop 1981-2005; Primate of Australia 2000-2005 |
| 2005- | Roger Herft | Seventh Archbishop of Perth and Metropolitan of the Province of Western Australia |
[edit] External links
- Diocese of Perth
- The Anglican Diocese of Perth Yearbook 2002. The Anglican Diocese of Perth (2003). Retrieved on 2006-03-12.
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