Anglican Diocese of Adelaide

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Diocese of Adelaide
Coat of arms
Coat of arms
Location
CountryAustralia
Territory
Ecclesiastical provinceSouth Australia
MetropolitanArchbishop of Adelaide
Headquarters
  • 18 King William Road
  • North Adelaide SA 5006
Information
DenominationAnglican
Established25 June 1847 (1847-06-25)
CathedralSt Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide
LanguageEnglish
Current leadership
Parent churchAnglican Church of Australia
Archbishop
Assistant bishops
Dean
Website
adelaideanglicans.com

The Anglican Diocese of Adelaide is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia. It is centred in the city of Adelaide in the state of South Australia and extends along the eastern shore of the Gulf St Vincent from the town of Eudunda in the north to Aldgate in the south. The diocesan cathedral is Saint Peter's Cathedral in Adelaide. The diocese was founded in 1847 with Augustus Short as the first bishop. The incumbent Archbishop of Adelaide since 2017 has been Geoffrey Smith, who has also been the Anglican Primate of Australia since 2020.

History[]

The diocese was founded by letters patent of 25 June 1847[1][2] and now forms part of the Province of South Australia, together with the Diocese of Willochra (1915) and the Diocese of The Murray (1969). Since 1970, the Bishop of Adelaide, as the senior bishop of the province (known as the metropolitan), has borne the title of archbishop.

The Most Reverend Jeffrey Driver retired as Archbishop of Adelaide in 2016.[3] Following a process of nomination, an election synod held in December 2016 resolved to invite Geoffrey Smith, then an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Brisbane, to be the 10th Archbishop of Adelaide.[4] He was installed on 28 April 2017.[5] On 7 April 2020, Smith was elected as the Primate of Australia, the first Archbishop of Adelaide to hold the office.[6]

List of bishops and archbishops of Adelaide[]

This section is an excerpt from Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide.[]
Bishops of Adelaide
No From Until Incumbent Notes
1 1847 1882 Augustus Short
2 1882 1894 George Kennion Translated to Bath and Wells.
3 1895 1905 John Harmer Translated to Rochester.
4 1906 1940 A. Nutter Thomas
5 1941 1956 Bryan Robin Formerly Archdeacon of Hampstead.
6 1957 1970 Tom Reed Became Archbishop of Adelaide in 1970.
Archbishops of Adelaide
No From Until Incumbent Notes
1 1970 1975 Tom Reed Bishop of Adelaide until 1970.
2 1976 1989 Keith Rayner Translated from Wangaratta; translated to Melbourne.
3 1991 2004 Ian George Previously assistant bishop in Canberra and Goulburn.
4 2005 2016 Jeffrey Driver Translated from Gippsland
5 2017 present Geoffrey Smith Primate of Australia since 7 April 2020[7]
Previously assistant bishop, General Manager, and Registrar of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane (2007–2017)

Assistant bishops[]

John Vockler was consecrated coadjutor bishop in 1959.[8] Lionel Renfrey was an assistant bishop of the diocese in 1988.[9]

The current assistant bishops in the diocese are:

  • Tim Harris - ordained (consecrated) as an assistant bishop and Bishop for Mission and Evangelism in 2011[10] and became bishop administrator during the 2016–2017 vacancy in the see.[11]
  • Chris McLeod - ordained (consecrated) on 11 April 2015 as assistant bishop with special responsibility for ministry alongside Aboriginal people in South Australia and National Aboriginal Bishop.[12]
  • Denise Ferguson - consecrated assistant bishop in July 2019, with responsibility for multicultural diversity in ministry, healthcare chaplaincies – covering both hospital and social service based care contexts – and ministry formation.[13]

List of archdeacons[]

In 1866, there was one archdeaconry: W. J. Woodcock was Archdeacon of Adelaide.[14]

References[]

  1. ^ "Diocese of Sydney". New South Wales Government Gazette. New South Wales, Australia. 1 January 1848. p. 2 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "History". Anglican Diocese of Adelaide. Archived from the original on 22 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Archbishop of Adelaide announces intention to retire". Anglican Church League, Sydney, Australia. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Adelaide elects new Archbishop". Philip Freier. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Bishop Geoff Smith installed as Archbishop of Adelaide". Adelaide Anglicans. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Archbishop Geoffrey Smith elected Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia". Anglican Communion News Service. Anglican Communion Office. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Archbishop Geoffrey Smith elected Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia". Anglican Communion News Service. Anglican Communion Office. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  8. ^ [1]
  9. ^ "Declaration of Unity, Witness and Mission". Church Times (#AAMBIT 3). 1 July 1988. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 22 July 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  10. ^ Adelaide Anglicans — Bishop Tim (Accessed 2 March 2017)
  11. ^ Adelaide Anglicans — Leadership (Accessed 2 March 2017)
  12. ^ Adelaide Anglicans — Bishop Chris (Accessed 2 March 2017)
  13. ^ Clarke-Morris, Julieanne (9 August 2019). "Adelaide ordains NZ woman bishop". anglicantaonga: Telling the stories of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, NZ and Polynesia. Anglican Taonga Online. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  14. ^ The Clergy List for 1866 (London: George Cox, 1866) p. 465

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