Anglican Diocese of Rockhampton

The Anglican Diocese of Rockhampton is a diocese in the Province of Queensland and one of the 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. The diocese covers an area of approximately 57 million hectares, roughly twice the size of New Zealand and four times the size of England and Wales. The diocese contains nearly the whole central regions of Queensland. The population of the diocese is 216,000 of whom approximately 48,000 indicate that they are Anglicans. The diocese has 20 parishes and ministry districts, with the largest parish bigger than the State of Victoria.^[1] The cathedral church of the diocese is St Paul's Cathedral in Rockhampton. The most recent Bishop of Rockhampton was the Right Reverend Godfrey Fryar who retired in December 2013.

History

The Diocese of Rockhampton traces its history unbroken through the beginnings of the Anglican Church in Australia back to the establishment of Christianity in England in the first and second centuries. The Rockhampton diocese was formed in 1892 from the Diocese of Brisbane and its first bishop was Bishop Nathaniel Dawes.^[2] The diocese celebrated its centenary in 1992.

Region

The diocese reaches across central Queensland, between the Diocese of Brisbane to the south and the Diocese of North Queensland to the north. It stretches from the east coast of Australia to the Northern Territory border, with its northern border being a straight line just north of the town of Moranbah and its southern region including the localities of Boyne Island, Biloela, Moura, Tambo and Blackall. Named after its main city of Rockhampton the diocese also includes the cities and towns of Gladstone, Yeppoon, Gracemere, Mt Morgan, Middlemount, Dysart, Blackwater, Springsure, Emerald, Clermont, Barcaldine, Longreach, Winton, Bedourie and Boulia.^[3]

Bishops of Rockhampton

First Bishop	1892–1908	Nathaniel Dawes
Second Bishop	1909–1920	George Halford
Third Bishop	1921–1927	Philip Crick	translated to Bishop of Ballarat
Fourth Bishop	1928–1946	Fortesque Ash
Fifth Bishop	1947–1958	James Alan George Housden	translated to Newcastle, 1958
Sixth Bishop	1959–1963	Theodore McCall	translated to Wangaratta, 1965
Seventh Bishop	1964–1971	Donald Shearman	later Bishop of Grafton
Eighth Bishop	1971–1980	John Grindrod	translated from Riverina. Translated to Anglican Diocese of Brisbane, 1980
Ninth Bishop	1981–1996	George Arthur Hearn
Tenth Bishop	1996–2003	Ronald Stone
Eleventh Bishop	2003 - 2013	Godfrey Fryar	previously Assistant Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn
Twelfth Bishop	2014 -	David Robinson

Ministries

Chaplaincies: hospital, correctional centre, police, Mission to Seafarers

Aboriginal and Islander Anglican Ministry: Woorabinda, Murri Wodja

Anglican Regional Ministry

References

↑ Diocese of Rockhampton website.
↑ The Australian Anglican Directory 2009, p. 5.
↑ Diocese of Rockhampton Year Book 2009-2010, p. 3.

External links

Official website

Anglican hierarchy in Australia

Primate of Australia

Province of New South Wales

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Sydney Armidale Bathurst Canberra & Goulburn Grafton Newcastle Riverina

Assistant bishops	Sydney (Western Sydney, Wollongong, South Sydney, Northern Region, Georges River) Bathurst Canberra & Goulburn Newcastle

Province of Victoria

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Melbourne Ballarat Bendigo Gippsland Wangaratta

Assistant bishops	Melbourne (Southern, North West, Eastern)

Province of Queensland

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Brisbane North Queensland Rockhampton Northern Territory

Assistant bishops	Brisbane (Western, Northern, Southern) North Queensland

Province of Western Australia

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Perth Bunbury North West Australia

Assistant bishops	Perth (Eastern and Rural, Northern, Southern)

Province of South Australia

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Adelaide Willochra The Murray

Extra-provincial

Diocesan bishops	Tasmania

Missioner bishops	Stewardship Projects and Training

Anglican Church of Australia

A list of all the Anglican dioceses, churches and cathedrals in Australia

Province of New South Wales

Dioceses	Diocese of Armidale Diocese of Bathurst Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn Diocese of Grafton Diocese of Newcastle Diocese of Riverina Diocese of Sydney Churches

Cathedrals	St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle St Peter's Cathedral, Armidale St Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn

Churches	All Saints Anglican Church, Petersham All Souls Anglican Church, Leichhardt Christ Church, Rouse Hill Christ Church St Laurence Church by the Bridge Naremburn Cammeray Anglican Church St Andrew's, Roseville St. Barnabas, Broadway St James' Church, Sydney St John the Baptist Church, Ashfield St Thomas' Anglican Church, Narellan St Thomas' Anglican Church, North Sydney St Philip's Church, Sydney

Province of Victoria

Dioceses	Diocese of Bendigo Diocese of Ballarat Diocese of Gippsland Diocese of Melbourne Churches Diocese of Wangaratta

Cathedrals	St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne St Paul's Cathedral, Bendigo St Paul's Cathedral, Sale

Churches	Christ Church, Geelong Holy Trinity Church, Bacchus Marsh St Peter's, Eastern Hill

Province of Queensland

Dioceses	Diocese of Brisbane Diocese of North Queensland Diocese of Rockhampton Diocese of the Northern Territory

Cathedrals	St John's Cathedral, Brisbane St James' Cathedral, Townsville St Paul's Cathedral, Rockhampton

Churches	All Saints Anglican Church, Brisbane St Paul's Anglican Church, East Brisbane

Province of Western Australia

Dioceses	Diocese of Bunbury Diocese of North West Australia Diocese of Perth

Cathedrals	St George's Cathedral, Perth

Churches	All Saints Church, Henley Brook

Province of South Australia

Dioceses	Diocese of Adelaide Diocese of The Murray Diocese of Willochra

Cathedrals	St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide

Churches	Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide St John the Baptist Cathedral, Murray Bridge St Matthew's Church, Kensington

Extra-provincial

Dioceses	Diocese of Tasmania

Cathedrals	St David's Cathedral, Hobart

Defunct

Dioceses	Dicoese of Carpentaria Diocese of Kalgoorlie Diocese of St Arnaud

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