Anglican Diocese of Ballarat

Diocese of Ballarat
Location
Ecclesiastical province	Victoria
Archdeaconries	Archdeaconry of Ballarat; Archdeaconry for Mission and Evangelism with Responsibility for the South West Region
Coordinates	37°33′49″S 143°51′28″E / 37.56361°S 143.85778°ECoordinates: 37°33′49″S 143°51′28″E / 37.56361°S 143.85778°E
Statistics
Parishes	24
Churches	81
Information
Rite	Anglican
Cathedral	Cathedral of Christ the King, Ballarat
Current leadership
Bishop	Garry Weatherill
Website
ballaratanglican.org.au

The Anglican Diocese of Ballarat extends across the south-west region of Victoria, Australia. It is one of the five Anglican Church of Australia dioceses in the ecclesiastical Province of Victoria.

Cathedral

The Cathedral of Christ the King, Ballarat, is the cathedral of the diocese.

The cathedral building is constructed of grey stone in the English Gothic style. Construction began in 1854 only two years after the Town of Ballarat was founded and just three years after the discovery of gold. It was finished in 1868.

Deans of Ballarat

• 2014- : Chris Chataway
• ?-2011: Graeme Perkins
• ?1999–2004: Jeffery T. Gunn
• 1987–1996: William Ernest Edebohls
• 1984–1987: Neville A. Connell
• 1979–1984: Kenneth G. Beer
• 1972–1979: William W. Devonshire ^[1]
• 1967–1972: S. Douglas Bartholomeusz ^[2]
• 1953–1967: vacant
• 1951–?: J.A. Munro
• 1921–1934: William Frederic Tucker
• 1914–1920: Julius Lewis
• 1897–1914: Nathaniel Lindon Parkyn
• 1894–1897: John Francis Stretch ^[3]

Bishops of Ballarat

Bishops of Ballarat
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1875	1900	Samuel Thornton	Returned to England and became an honorary assistant bishop in Manchester.
1901	1915	Arthur Green	Translated from Grafton and Armidale.
1917	1927	Maxwell Maxwell-Gumbleton	Returned to England and became an honorary assistant bishop in Ipswich; later Bishop of Dunwich.
1927	1935	Philip Crick	Translated from Rockhampton.
1936	1960	William Johnson	Previously Dean of Newcastle.
1961	1975	William Hardie	Previously Dean of Newcastle.
1975	1993	John Hazlewood	Previously Dean of Perth.
1994	2003	David Silk	Previously Archdeacon of Leicester; returned to England and became an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Exeter and, subsequently, a Roman Catholic priest.
2003	2010	Michael Hough
2011	present	Garry Weatherill[4]	Translated from Willochra.

References

1. "An unswerving Vocation- Canon Bill Devonshire" (PDF). The Chronicle. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
2. "First Dean for 14 Years". Retrieved 2012-12-28.
3. "Stretch, John Francis (Jack) (1855–1919)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
4. Diocesan press release

External links

• Diocese of Ballarat website