- Diocese of North West Australia
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For the Catholic church in North West Australia, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Geraldton.
Diocese of North West Australia Location Ecclesiastical province Province of Western Australia Statistics Parishes 18 Information Rite Anglican Cathedral Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Geraldton Current leadership Bishop David Mulready Website anglicandnwa.org The Anglican Diocese of North West Australia is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia, it covers an area of Western Australia north of Perth and is geographically, the largest Anglican diocese in Australia and one of the largest geographically, in the world. The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Geraldton. The current Bishop of North West Australia is the Right Reverend David Mulready who was installed in 2004. [1]
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History
The Diocese of Perth was established in 1857, but the Diocese of Northern Australia (which became known by the present name in 1961)[2] was not brought into existence until 1910.[3]
Churchmanship
The Diocese of North West Australia is noted for its Evangelical stance, for example no women serve as priests.[4]
See also
References
- ^ SMH - Shepherd to the great outdoors
- ^ Diocese of North West Australia Act 1961
- ^ Bruce Kaye, A Church without Walls: being Anglican in Australia (Melbourne: Harper Collins, 1995): 43.
- ^ Angela Grutzner, The Australian Anglican Directory (Melbourne: Publishing Solutions, 2009): 13.
External links
Anglican hierarchy in Australia Primate of AustraliaProvince of New South Wales Sydney (Western Sydney, Wollongong, South Sydney, Northern Region, Georges River) • Newcastle • Canberra & Goulburn • Bathurst
Province of Victoria Melbourne (Southern, North West, Eastern)
Province of Queensland Brisbane (Western, Northern, Southern) • North Queensland
Province of Western Australia Archbishop of Perth • Bunbury • North West Australia
Perth (Eastern and Rural, Northern, Southern)
Province of South Australia Extra-provincial Stewardship • Projects and Training
Coordinates: 28°46′44.31″S 114°36′52.57″E / 28.778975°S 114.6146028°E
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