The assistant bishops of Sydney are the assistant bishop

Assistant Bishop

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s in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney

Anglican Diocese of Sydney

The Diocese of Sydney is a diocese within the Anglican Church of Australia. The majority of the diocese is Evangelical and low church in tradition and committed to Reformed and Calvinist theology....

, 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...

. They each assist the Archbishop of Sydney by maintaining delegated episcopal

Bishop

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 oversight

Oversight

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 over a particular geographical area.

Prior to the formation of the current "regions" arrangement in around 1967, the archbishop was assisted by a number of coadjutor bishop

Coadjutor bishop

A coadjutor bishop is a bishop in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches who is designated to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese, almost as co-bishop of the diocese...

s with no particular geographical area (nor expectation to succeed to the diocesan see). The first regional see created was that of Parramatta, whose first assistant bishop

Assistant Bishop

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 was consecrated in 1967. In 1969, the first Bishop of Wollongong was consecrated. The Southern (aka South Sydney) and North regions followed in 1972 and 1975 respectively. In 1993, the fifth regional see, Georges Island, was created.

Coadjutor bishops of Sydney

Bishops coadjutor of Sydney
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1926	1932	Gerard D'Arcy-Irvine	Died in office.
1932	1935	Sydney Kirkby	Died in office.
1935	1961	Venn Pilcher	Died in office.
1940	1960	William Hilliard	Translated from Nelson Diocese of Nelson The Diocese of Nelson is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the top part of the South Island of New Zealand, which is mostly the area north of a line drawn from Greymouth to Kaikoura.The diocese was... ; died in office.
1956	1965	Clive Kerle	Translated to Armidale Diocese of Armidale Diocese of Armidale could refer to:*Anglican Diocese of Armidale*Roman Catholic Diocese of Armidale... .
1958	1966	Marcus Loane Marcus Loane Sir Marcus Lawrence Loane KBE was the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney from 1966–1982 and Primate of Australia from 1978–1982. He was the first Australian-born Archbishop of Sydney and also the first Australian-born archbishop within the Anglican Church of Australia.Loane was born in...	Became Archbishop of Sydney.
1960	1964	Goodwin Hudson	Returned to the United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... .
1965	1975	Frank Hulme-Moir	Translated from Nelson.
1965	1982	Jack Dain, assistant bishop

Bishops of the Western Region

The Western Region of the diocese, formed in 1967, is based in Parramatta

Parramatta, New South Wales

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 – hence previous bishops have been more commonly known as the Bishop of Parramatta (until around 1993). St John's Pro-Cathedral, Parramatta, is the oldest site of continual Christian worship in Australia.

Bishops of Parramatta
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1967	1972	Gordon Begbie	Died in office.
1973	1982	Donald Robinson Donald Robinson (bishop) Donald William Bradley Robinson AO TD was the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney from 1982 to 1993.Robinson was born in Sydney on 9 November 1922 and educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School, the University of Sydney and Queens' College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1950 and began his...	Became Archbishop of Sydney.
1989	1993	Peter Watson	Translated to the Southern region and later to Melbourne Anglican Diocese of Melbourne The Anglican Diocese of Melbourne is the metropolitan diocese of the Province of Victoria in the Anglican Church of Australia. The diocese includes the urban cities of Melbourne and Geelong and also some more rural areas. The cathedral church is St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne... .
Bishops of the Western Region
1993	2002	Brian King Brian King Brian Franklin Vernon King was a suffragan bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney.King was educated at Sydney Boys' High School and the University of New South Wales. After studying at Moore Theological College he was ordained in 1965. He was a curate at Manly and then rector of Dural...	Also Bishop to the Armed Forces.
2003	present	Ivan Lee

Bishops of Wollongong

The Wollongong Region, created around 1969, covers the Sutherland Shire

Sutherland Shire

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, Wollongong, Kiama

Kiama, New South Wales

-Transport:The town is served by Kiama Station on the South Coast Line. It is served by road in the form of the Princes Highway and the Kiama Bypass.-Attractions:...

, Shoalhaven, the Southern Highlands, Camden

Camden, New South Wales

-Education:Camden is the location of research facilities for the veterinary and agricultural schools of the University of Sydney. The local government area has two public high schools, Camden High School and Elderslie High School, as well as eight Catholic and three Anglican schools.-Culture:The...

 and Campbelltown

Campbelltown, New South Wales

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. St Michael's Pro-Cathedral, Wollongong lies with the diocese.

Bishops of Wollongong
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1969	1974	Graham Delbridge	Translated to Gippsland.
1975	1982	Ken Short Ken Short Kenneth Herbert "Ken" Short AO was a suffragan bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney.After studying at Trinity Grammar School, New South Wales and Moore Theological College he was ordained in 1952. He was minister in charge of Pittwater and then a Church Mission Society missionary in...
1982	1993	Harry Goodhew Harry Goodhew Richard Henry "Harry" Goodhew AO was the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney from 1993 to 2001.Goodhew was born in Sydney on 19 March 1931 and educated at the University of Wollongong. He was ordained in 1958 and began his ministry with curacies at St Matthew’s Bondi and St Bede’s Beverly Hills. Later he...	Became Archbishop of Sydney.
1993	2006	Reg Piper Reg Piper Reginald John "Reg" Piper was a suffragan bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. He was the Bishop of Wollongong from 1993 to 2007....
2007	2010	Al Stewart Al Stewart (bishop) Alan "Al" Stewart was a suffragan bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney and oversaw the diocese's Wollongong region from 2007 until 2010....
2010	present	Peter Hayward Peter Hayward Peter Hayward is a suffragan bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney and is in charge of the diocese's Wollongong region.Hayward was born in Sydney and educated at the University of New South Wales and Moore Theological College. He was ordained in 1992 and was a curate at Glenmore Park...

Bishops of the Southern Region

The Southern Region extends from the edge of the Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

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 in the east to Strathfield

Strathfield, New South Wales

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 and Concord

Concord, New South Wales

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 in the west and from the southern shore of Port Jackson

Port Jackson

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 across to the northern parts of Botany Bay

Botany Bay

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. The South Sydney Region covers the oldest, most diverse and still-changing portion of Sydney. The bishop is often referred to as the Bishop of South Sydney.

Bishops of the Southern Region
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1972	1993	John Reid John Reid (bishop) John Robert Reid was a suffragan bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. He was the Bishop of South Sydney from 1972 to 1993.Reid was educated at the University of Melbourne and Moore Theological College...
1993	2000	Peter Watson	Translated from Parramatta; translated to Melbourne.
2000	present	Robert Forsyth Robert Forsyth Robert Forsyth is the Anglican Bishop of South Sydney - a region of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. He has been bishop since 2000. Prior to that he was the rector of St. Barnabas, Broadway.- Personal life:...

Bishops of the North Region

The Northern Region covers from Port Jackson

Port Jackson

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 to the Hawkesbury River

Hawkesbury River

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 and from Pennant Hills

Pennant Hills, New South Wales

Pennant Hills is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Pennant Hills is located 25 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of Hornsby Shire...

 to Palm Beach

Palm Beach, New South Wales

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. The bishop is also sometimes called Bishop of North Sydney.

Bishops of the North Region
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1975	1990	Donald Cameron Donald Cameron (bishop) Ewen Donald Cameron was a suffragan bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. He was the Bishop of North Sydney.Cameron was educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School. After an earlier career in accountancy he was ordained in 1959. He was a curate at Chatswood, New South Wales and then a...
1990	2001	Paul Barnett
2002	present	Glenn Davies Glenn Davies Glenn Naunton Davies is a suffragan bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney.Davies was educated at the University of Sydney. He was ordained in 1981 and began his ordained ministry as a curate at St Stephen’s, Willoughby. He was then a lecturer at Moore Theological College until 1995, rector of...

Bishops of Georges River

The Georges River

Georges River

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 Region covers the south-western areas of Sydney

Sydney

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, stretching from Marrickville

Marrickville, New South Wales

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 to Liverpool

Liverpool, New South Wales

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 and the areas of Bankstown

Bankstown, New South Wales

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 and Fairfield

Fairfield, New South Wales

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. The Bishop is sometimes referred to as the Bishop of Liverpool (although that title is less convenient, owing to the existence of an Anglican Bishop of Liverpool

Bishop of Liverpool

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 in England).

Bishops of Georges River
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1993	2001	Ray Smith Ray Smith (bishop) Raymond George "Ray" Smith was a suffragan bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. He was the Bishop of Georges River from 1993 to 2001....
2001	present	Peter Tasker Peter Tasker Peter Tasker is a former suffragan bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney and was in charge of the diocese's Georges River region.Tasker was educated at Moore Theological College and ordained in 1964. After curacies in Woollongong, Chatswood and Engadine he was Vicar of St George's Penang in...