Anglican Diocese of Perth
The Anglican Diocese of Perth is one of the 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. The constitution of the Diocese of Perth was passed and adopted in 1872 at the first synod held in Western Australia. In 1914, the Province of Western Australia was created and the diocesan bishop of Perth became ex officio metropolitan bishop of the new province and therefore also an archbishop.
Diocese of Perth | |
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| Country | Australia |
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| Ecclesiastical province | Western Australia |
| Metropolitan | Archbishop of Perth |
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| Coordinates | 31°57′21″S 115°51′41″E / 31.9558°S 115.8613°ECoordinates: 31°57′21″S 115°51′41″E / 31.9558°S 115.8613°E |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Rite | |
| Established | 11 January 1856 |
| Cathedral | St George's Cathedral, Perth |
| Language | English |
| Current leadership | |
| Parent church | Anglican Church of Australia |
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Logo of the Diocese | |
The diocese incorporates the southern part of the state of Western Australia and includes the Christmas and Cocos Islands. The other dioceses in the Anglican Province of Western Australia are the Diocese of Bunbury and the Diocese of North West Australia.
History
The diocese is one of the 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. The constitution of the diocese adopted in 1872 at the first synod held in Western Australia. In 1914, the Province of Western Australia was created and the diocesan bishop of Perth became ex officio metropolitan bishop of the new province and therefore also an archbishop.
The diocese incorporates the southern part of the state of Western Australia and includes the Christmas and Cocos Islands. It absorbed the Diocese of Kalgoorlie in 1972. The other dioceses in the Anglican Province of Western Australia are the Diocese of Bunbury and the Diocese of North West Australia.
Wollaston College is authorized by the Archbishop of Perth as the principal provider for theological education in the Diocese. It offers degree-level programs through its partnership with the University of Divinity.[1]
Churchmanship
The diocese has traditionally had a variety of churchmanship and in recent years has largely moved toward a more liberal and moderate Catholic style. There are, however, parishes and clergy representative of all the main Anglican traditions.
On 10 February 2018, Kay Goldsworthy became the first female archbishop in the Anglican Communion on her installation to the archdiocese.
Administrative history
The Perth diocese, like all Australian dioceses, has had administrative procedures dealt with by the diocesan trustees. A range of other sub-committees of the diocese handle broader issues. The trustees were known in earlier times as the Trustees of Church Property.[2]
The relationship of the church and government is not just from the proximity of the cathedral to government house. The land ownership and provision of favourable conditions for the diocese has occurred since establishment of the colony.[3] The Diocesan Trustees and Diocesan Council are regularly observed to deal with significant land and building projects in the history of Perth.[4]
In 1866, there were two archdeaconries: James Brown was Archdeacon of Perth and H. B. Thornhill of Geraldton.[5]
Issues
In the early 2000s the diocese had a large group of Anglo-Catholics from the parish of St Patricks Mt Lawley under the leadership of the then parish priest and high-ranking member of the diocesan clergy, Harry Entwistle, leave to join with another community of the Traditional Anglican Communion which later entered into the Catholic Church as a community of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross,[6] St Ninians and St Chads based in Mt Lawley. The Personal Ordinariates were created for Anglicans to enter into the Catholic Church and retain many elements of Anglican worship and spirituality, while accepting all doctrines of the Catholic Church. The group cited persecution and on going doctrinal issues for their leaving.
As a more liberal diocese, the region voted to recognise same-gender relationships in 2013.[7] While Archbishop Roger Herft vetoed the motion, he did say that "what we have in the Diocese of course is a number of people in same-sex relationships amongst the clergy and amongst the laity and we have always said that people of all forms of sexuality and orientation are welcome."[8] In a statement on human sexuality, Archbishop Herft confirmed that "there are gay and lesbian clergy serving in the priesthood. They are licensed by me and are honoured and respected as priests..."[9] In April 2016, St Andrew's Church within the diocese blessed a same-sex couple's relationship.[10] In 2019, the Diocese voted to no longer prohibit clergy form sexual relationships outside of marriage.[11] In 2022, Archbishop Kay Goldsworthy ordained an openly gay man in a same-sex civil partnership.[12]
The cathedral church of the diocese is St George's Cathedral, Perth.
List of Bishops and Archbishops of Perth
| Bishops of Perth | ||||
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| No | From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1 | 1857 | 1875 | Mathew Hale | Translated to Brisbane. |
| 2 | 1876 | 1893 | Henry Parry | Died in office. |
| 3 | 1894 | 1914 | Charles Riley | Became Archbishop of Perth. |
| Archbishops of Perth | ||||
| 1 | 1914 | 1929 | Charles Riley | Previously Bishop of Perth; died in office. |
| 2 | 1929 | 1946 | Henry Le Fanu | Previously coadjutor bishop in Brisbane; elected Primate of Australia in 1935; died in office. |
| 3 | 1947 | 1962 | Robert Moline MC | |
| 4 | 1963 | 1969 | George Appleton CMG, MBE | Translated to Jerusalem. |
| 5 | 1969 | 1980 | Geoffrey Sambell CMG | Previously coadjutor bishop in Melbourne; died in office. |
| 6 | 1981 | 2004 | Peter Carnley AC | Elected Primate of Australia in 1999. |
| 7 | 2005 | 2017 | Roger Herft AM | Previously Bishop of Waikato and then of Newcastle. |
| 8 | 2018 | present | Kay Goldsworthy AO | Previously Assistant Bishop of Perth and then Bishop of Gippsland. |
| Source(s):[13] | ||||
Assistant bishops
| Assistant bishops of Perth | |||
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| From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1957 | 1963 | Robert Freeth, Assistant Bishop of Perth | [14] |
| 1964 | aft. 1977 | Brian Macdonald, bishop coadjutor | [15] Thomas Brian Macdonald; previously Dean of Perth (1959–1961)[16] and Archdeacon of Perth, 1961 to 1967[17] |
| 1972 | 1978 | Alfred Holland, Assistant Bishop of Perth | Translated to Newcastle |
| 1974 | 1975 | Denis Bryant, Assistant Bishop of Perth | Archdeacon of Northam;[18] former Bishop of Kalgoorlie |
| 1978 | 1999 | Michael Challen, Assistant Bishop of Perth | [19] Previously archdeacon. |
| 1979 | 1981/2 | Vernon Cornish, Assistant Bishop of Perth | see Bishop of Tasmania § Vernon Cornish |
| 1982 | 1993 | Brian Kyme, Assistant Bishop of Perth | [20] |
| 1988 | 1992 | Ben Wright, Assistant Bishop of Perth, Goldfields Country Region | [21] Subsequently, Bishop of Bendigo 1992-1993 |
| 1995 | 1998 | Philip Huggins, regional bishop | Became Bishop of Grafton |
| 1998[22] | 2005[23] | Brian Farran, Assistant Bishop of Perth, Goldfields Country Region | Became Bishop of the Northern Region;[24] translated to Newcastle. |
| 1991 | 2006 | David Murray, Bishop of the Southern Region[25] | |
| 1998 | 2003 | Gerald Beaumont, Assistant Bishop of Perth, Goldfields Country Region | Subsequently, Vicar of St John's, Camberwell, VIC[26] |
| 2004 | 2006 | Tom Wilmot, Assistant Bishop of Perth, Goldfields Country Region | Translated between regions |
| 2007 | 2016[27] | Tom Wilmot, Assistant Bishop of Perth, Eastern and Rural Region | |
| 2006 | 2008 | Mark Burton, Bishop of the Northern Region | [28] Became Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne |
| 2008 | 2015 | Kay Goldsworthy, Assistant Bishop of Perth | Became Bishop of Gippsland 2015–2017; elected Archbishop of Perth, August 2017.[29] |
| 2014 | 2022 | Jeremy James, Assistant Bishop of Perth | Translated to Willochra |
| 2015 | current | Kate Wilmot, Assistant Bishop of Perth | |
See also
- St George's Cathedral, Perth
- St Bartholomew's Church
- Coogee Hotel, Western Australia, used as an orphanage by the Anglican Diocese of Perth
References
- ^ http://www.wtc.perth.anglican.org/
- ^ "Perth Diocesan Synod". The Daily News. Vol. III, no. 287. Perth, Western Australia. 18 September 1884. p. 3. Retrieved 18 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Diocesan Trustees Land Bill". Western Argus. Vol. 23, no. 5066. Western Australia. 10 December 1918. p. 13. Retrieved 18 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Melville, William Ian; University of Western Australia. Graduate School of Education (2006), An historical analysis of the structures established for the provision of Anglican schools in the diocese of Perth, Western Australia between 1917 and 1992, retrieved 18 March 2017
- ^ The Clergy List for 1866 (London: George Cox, 1866) p. 465
- ^ http://www.ordinariate.org.au
- ^ "Perth Anglicans vote to recognise same-sex relationships". ABC News. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Archbishop rejects formal recognition of same-sex relationships". ABC News. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ Herft, Roger (8 October 2010). "Synod Motion - Human Sexuality" (PDF). perth.anglican.org. Anglican Diocese of Perth. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ "Anglican priest running LGBTI parish service in Perth". ABC News. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ Ould, David (15 October 2019). "Diocese of Perth approves extra-marital sex for clergy and church workers". Anglican Ink © 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ "Same-sex relationships to be debated at next Australian General Synod". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ . Anglican Diocese of Perth. Archived from the original on 28 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ Freeth Family – Robert Evelyn Freeth
- ^ Presidential Address to the Second General Synod, 1966 September 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Library of West Australian History – Perth Cathedral
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980-82 p 636 London: Oxford University Press, 1983 ISBN 0-19-200010-1
- ^ "deaths: Bryant". Church Times. No. 7431. 12 August 2005. p. 24. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 29 August 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ^ Anglican Diocese of Bunbury – John Ramsdon August 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (contemporary of ++Peter Perth, +Michael Challen and +Gerald NW Australia)
- ^ Bidding farewell to Bishop Ben March 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Northern Region – Bishop March 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Newcastle Anglican – Bishop Brian October 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Letter from Australia – Yesterday's Men
- ^ Anglican Religious Communities – Organisations
- ^ The Australian Anglican Directory
- ^ Wilmot, Kate (29 October 2016). "The President's Address: Second Session of the Forty-Ninth Synod of the Diocese of Perth" (PDF). Anglican Diocese of Perth. Anglican Diocese of Perth. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ Bishop to lead Melbourne Cathedral
- ^ Piesse, Emily (29 August 2017). "Anglican Church elects Australia's first female Archbishop". ABC News.
Further reading
- Alexander, Fred, ed. (1957). Four Bishops and Their See: Perth, Western Australia, 1857-1957. Crawley, WA: University of Western Australia Press. OCLC 12558757.
External links
- Diocese of Perth – official site
- . Anglican Diocese of Perth. 2003. Archived from the original on 5 February 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2006.