Anglican Diocese of Ballarat
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The Anglican Diocese of Ballarat extends across the south-west region of Victoria
, Australia
. It is one of the five Anglican Church of Australia
dioceses in the Ecclesiastical province
of Victoria
. The bishop's seat (cathedra
) is located at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Ballarat.
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It is one of the five Anglican Church of Australia
Anglican Church of Australia
The Anglican Church of Australia is a member church of the Anglican Communion. It was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania...
dioceses in the Ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
of Victoria
Province of Victoria
The Province of Victoria is an ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Church of Australia, the boundaries of which are those of the State of Victoria and some New South Wales parishes in the Diocese of Wangaratta. The province consists of five dioceses: Ballarat, Bendigo, Gippsland, Melbourne and...
. The bishop's seat (cathedra
Cathedra
A cathedra or bishop's throne is the chair or throne of a bishop. It is a symbol of the bishop's teaching authority in the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, and has in some sense remained such in the Anglican Communion and in Lutheran churches...
) is located at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Ballarat.
List of bishops
| Bishops of Ballarat | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1875 | 1900 | Samuel Thornton Samuel Thornton (bishop) The Rt Rev Samuel Thornton, DD, was an eminent Anglican bishop in the late quarter of the 19th century and the start of the 20th. He was born in London on 16 April 1835 and educated at Merchant Taylors' School and Queen’s College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1859 and after a spell at the London... |
Returned to England and became an honorary assistant bishop Assistant Bishop An assistant bishop in the Anglican Communion is a bishop appointed to assist a diocesan bishop.-Church of England:In the established Church of England, assistant bishops are usually are retired bishops – in which case they are honorary assistant bishops... in Manchester Anglican Diocese of Manchester The Diocese of Manchester is a Church of England diocese in the Province of York, England. Based in the city of Manchester, the diocese covers much of the county of Greater Manchester and small areas of the counties of Lancashire and Cheshire.-History:... . |
| 1901 | 1915 | Arthur Green | Translated Translation (ecclesiastical) Translation is the technical term when a Bishop is transferred from one diocese to another.This can be* From Suffragan Bishop status to Diocesan Bishop*From Coadjutor bishop to Diocesan Bishop*From one country's Episcopate to another... from Grafton and Armidale Bishop of Grafton and Armidale The Former diocese of Grafton and Armidale was created out of the diocese of Newcastle by Letters Patent in 1863. In all it had four bishops before being split in two in 1914-List of the Bishops of Grafton and Armidale:-References:... . |
| 1917 | 1927 | Maxwell Maxwell-Gumbleton | Returned to England and became an honorary assistant bishop Assistant Bishop An assistant bishop in the Anglican Communion is a bishop appointed to assist a diocesan bishop.-Church of England:In the established Church of England, assistant bishops are usually are retired bishops – in which case they are honorary assistant bishops... in Ipswich; later Bishop of Dunwich Bishop of Dunwich The Bishop of Dunwich is an episcopal title which was first used by an Anglo-Saxon bishop between the 7th and 9th centuries and is currently used by a suffragan bishop who assists a diocesan bishop. The title takes its name after Dunwich in the English county of Suffolk, which has now largely been... . |
| 1927 | 1935 | Philip Crick Philip Crick Philip Charles Thurlow Crick was the Anglican Bishop of Rockhampton in Australia from 1921 until 1927 and the Bishop of Ballarat until 1935.Crik was born into a clerical family on 18 November 1882 and educated at Winchester and Pembroke College, Cambridge... |
Translated from Rockhampton Anglican Diocese of Rockhampton The Anglican Diocese of Rockhampton is a diocese of in the Province of Queensland and one of the 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. The diocese covers an area of approximately 57 million hectares, roughly twice the size of New Zealand and four times the size of England and Wales. ... . |
| 1936 | 1960 | William Johnson | Previously Dean of Newcastle. |
| 1961 | 1975 | William Hardie | Previously Dean of Newcastle. |
| 1975 | 1993 | John Hazlewood John Hazlewood John Hazlewood SSC was the seventh Anglican Bishop of Ballarat from 1975 to 1993.Hazlewood was educated at Nelson College, King's College, Cambridge and Ripon College Cuddesdon and ordained in 1950... |
Previously Dean of Perth St George's Cathedral, Perth St George's Cathedral is the principal Anglican church in the city of Perth, Western Australia and the mother-church of the Anglican Diocese of Perth. It is located in St Georges Terrace in the centre of the city.- History:... . |
| 1994 | 2003 | David Silk David Silk (bishop) Robert David Silk is an English priest of the Roman Catholic Church. He was formerly an Anglican bishop and was the Bishop of Ballarat in the Anglican Church of Australia.... |
Previously Archdeacon of Leicester; returned to England and became an honorary assistant bishop Assistant Bishop An assistant bishop in the Anglican Communion is a bishop appointed to assist a diocesan bishop.-Church of England:In the established Church of England, assistant bishops are usually are retired bishops – in which case they are honorary assistant bishops... in Exeter Diocese of Exeter The Diocese of Exeter is a Church of England diocese covering the county of Devon. It is one of the largest dioceses in England. The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter is the seat of the diocesan bishop, the Right Reverend Michael Langrish, Bishop of Exeter. It is part of the Province of... . |
| 2003 | 2010 | Michael Hough Michael Hough (bishop) Michael Hough is a former Anglican Bishop of Ballarat in Australia. In June 2010 he announced his decision to step down later in the year.-References:... |
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| 2011 | present | Garry Weatherill Garry Weatherill Garry John Weatherill is the current Anglican Bishop of Ballarat. He was previously the Bishop of Willochra .Weatherill was educated at the University of Adelaide and Flinders University. Ordained in 1987, he began his ordained ministry as a curate at St Jude’s Church, Brighton after which he... |
Translated from Willochra. |