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A Anglican Church of Australia occurs as member church of the Anglican Communion, previously called a Church of England around Australia (renamed around 1981).

Once a First Fleet was sent to New South Wales in 1787, the Reverend Richard Johnson was licensed as chaplain to a Fleet & the payout. Within 1825, a Rpm. Thomas Scott was appointed Archdeacon of Australia under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Calcutta. A Revolutions per minute. William Grant Broughton, who succeeded Scott inside 1829, was consecrated a foremost (& at the simply) Bishop of Australia in 1836. Within 1842 a Episcopate of Tasmania was created, & inside 1847 a remainder of the Diocese was split into the ternion separate Bishopric of Adelaide, Newcastle and Melbourne. Above a as punishment lxxx years, a total of episcopate increased to twenty-xxv.

Since January 1 1962 the Australia Anglican Church has been autocephalous, headed by its own primate, currently a Archbishop of Brisbane, the Most Sublime Dr Phillip Aspinall.

It consists of twenty-xxiii dioceses, arranged into provinces (except for Tasmania), with metropolitical sees in the capital cities. A episcopate come: A Province of New South Wales (Metropolitan: The Virtually all Sublime Dr Peter Jensen) Armidale (bishop: The Right Rev'd P Brain) Bathurst ( The Right Rev'd Richard Hurford) Canberra & Goulburn ( The Right Rev'd George Browning) Grafton (The Right Rev'500 Kenneth Slater) Newcastle ( The Right Rev'd Dr Brian Farran) Riverina ( bishop-elect: Fr Douglas Stephens) Sydney (archbishop & metropolitan: A Virtually all Rpm'five hundred Dr Peter Jensen) A Province of Queensland (Metropolitan: The Virtually all Sublime Dr Phillip Aspinall) Brisbane To the north Queensland A Northern Territory Rockhampton (The Right Rev'500 Godfrey Fryar) A Province of South Australia (Metropolitan-elect: The Right Reverend Jeffrey Driver) Adelaide A Murray (The Right Rev'500 Ross Davies) Willochra (The Right Rev'five hundred Garry Weatherill) A Province of Victoria (Metropolitan: The Virtually all Sublime Peter Watson) Ballarat Bendigo Gippsland Melbourne Wangaratta A Province of Western Australia (Metropolitan: The Virtually all Sublime Roger Herft) Bunbury In the north West Australia Perth (archbishop & metropolitan: A Virtually all Reverend Roger Herft) Additional Provincial Diocese Tasmania

Anglican Church of Australia
Information about the National Church Office and its activities plus links to diocesan sites.

Matthew in the Margins
Exposition by Brian McGowan for use during Year A of the Revised Common Lectionary as used in A Prayer Book for Australia.

Anglican Church of Australia Resource List
Provides links to Australian Anglican Churches on the web, categorized by state and diocese. Includes links to support ministries.


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