Anglican Diocese of Bunbury

Coordinates: 33°19′53″S 115°38′16″E / 33.33139°S 115.63778°E / -33.33139; 115.63778
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Diocese of Bunbury
A Prayer Book for Australia
Established1904 (1904)
CathedralSt Boniface Cathedral, Bunbury
LanguageEnglish
Current leadership
Parent churchAnglican Church of Australia
Bishop
Dean
  • Darryl Cotton
  • (since 2016)
Website
Diocese of Bunbury

The Anglican Diocese of Bunbury is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia which was founded in 1904 and covers the south of the State of Western Australia. Together with Perth and North West Australia, it is one of the three diocese of the Province of Western Australia.[1][2] The diocese's cathedral since 1962 is St Boniface Cathedral in Bunbury. The current Bishop of Bunbury, since 3 November 2018, is Ian Coutts.

Cathedral

The

consecrated on 14 October 1962.[4] Prior to 1962, the diocese was based at St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, which was constructed in 1866 on the site of an earlier church. St Paul's, previously only a parish church, had been named a pro-cathedral in 1903 in preparation for Bunbury gaining diocesan status the following year. It was demolished in 1963.[5]

Bishops of Bunbury

Bishops of Bunbury
No From Until Incumbent Notes
1 1904 1917 Frederick Goldsmith Previously Dean of Perth; resigned and returned to England.
2 1917 1937
Cecil Wilson
Melanesia
; retired.
3 1938 1950 Leslie Knight Died in office.
4 1951 1957 Donald Redding Returned to parish ministry.
5 1957 1977 Ralph Hawkins Retired.
6 1977 1983 Stanley Goldsworthy Previously Archdeacon of Wangaratta; returned to parish ministry.
7 1984 2000 Hamish Jamieson Translated from Carpentaria.
8 2000 2010 David McCall Translated from
Willochra
.
9 2010 2017 Allan Ewing Previously an assistant bishop in Canberra and Goulburn.
10 2018 present Ian Coutts Installed 3 November 2018.

Assistant bishops

From 1968 to 1979, Warwick Bastian was coadjutor bishop, with the title Bishop of Albany.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Anglicans Online | Australia: Parishes in Western Australia". Archived from the original on 14 August 2006. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Australian Anglican Churches and Anglican church groups and Anglican Mission groups plus ministries groups". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Publications - St John's Anglican Church". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  5. ^ St Boniface Anglican Cathedral Archived 4 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine – Heritage Council of Western Australia. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Project Canterbury: Cable Clerical Index". Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2022.

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