Anglican Diocese of The Murray

Diocese of The Murray
Diocese of The Murray
	Coat of arms
Location
Country	Australia
Territory	Adelaide Hills; Fleurieu Peninsula; Murraylands; Riverland; Southern Adelaide;
Ecclesiastical province	South Australia
Metropolitan	Archbishop of Adelaide
Archdeaconries	The Murray ; Fleurieu Peninsula
Headquarters	4 Clara Street; Murray Bridge, SA;
Information
Denomination	Anglican
Rite	Book of Common Prayer; An Australian Prayer Book; A Prayer Book for Australia;
Established	1970
Cathedral	St John the Baptist Cathedral, Murray Bridge
Language	English
Current leadership
Parent church	Anglican Church of Australia
Bishop	Keith Dalby;
Metropolitan Archbishop	Geoffrey Smith; (since 2017);
Website
	https://murray.anglican.org/

The Anglican Diocese of The Murray is located in the south-eastern region of South Australia. Founded in 1970 as part of the Province of South Australia, it takes in the Fleurieu Peninsula, Riverland, Adelaide Hills, Murraylands and the southern suburbs of Adelaide. In 2011 the diocese had 22 parishes or pastoral districts. The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Murray Bridge. The current bishop is Keith Dalby who was enthroned in June 2019.

Structure and churchmanship[]

In 2011 the diocese had 22 parishes or pastoral districts. The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Murray Bridge.

The Diocese of The Murray is a traditionalist Anglo-Catholic diocese which does not ordain women to the priesthood.^[1] It was the last diocese in the Anglican Church of Australia to admit women to the diaconate, ordaining Margaret Holt as deacon in April 2017.^[2]

Ross Davies relinquished the position of bishop in September 2010 and was received into the Roman Catholic Church. John Ford, the Bishop suffragan of Plymouth in the Church of England's Diocese of Exeter, was installed as the new bishop on 6 December 2013.^[3] He retired in May 2019 and the Reverend Keith Dalby was elected as his successor.

Bishops of The Murray[]

Bishops of The Murray
No	From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1	1970	1989	Robert Porter OBE	Previously Archdeacon of Ballarat.
2	1989	2001	Graham Walden OBE	Previously Assistant Bishop of Ballarat.
3	2001	2010	Ross Davies	Resigned and was received into the Roman Catholic Church as a layman; later removed from holy orders
	2010	2013	vacant
4	2013	2019	John Ford	Previously Bishop of Plymouth in the Diocese of Exeter, and assistant bishop in the Diocese of Truro, England.
5	2019	present	Keith Dalby	Consecrated 16 August 2019; installed 17 August 2019.

References[]

^ Zwartz, Barney (9 March 2010). "At cross purposes". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
^ Porter, Muriel (21 April 2017). "First woman deacon in The Murray". Church Times (UK). Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
^ "New Bishop for Diocese of The Murray" Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine, Diocese of The Murray website.

External links[]

Official website

Coordinates: 35°07′11.62″S 139°16′18.31″E / 35.1198944°S 139.2717528°E / -35.1198944; 139.2717528

[1] Zwartz, Barney (9 March 2010). "At cross purposes". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2016.

[2] Porter, Muriel (21 April 2017). "First woman deacon in The Murray". Church Times (UK). Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.

[3] "New Bishop for Diocese of The Murray" Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine, Diocese of The Murray website.

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