Diocese of The Murray

Diocese of The Murray
St John the Baptist Cathedral
Location
Country	Australia
Ecclesiastical province	Province of South Australia
Information
Denomination	Anglican Church of Australia
Cathedral	St John the Baptist Cathedral, Murray Bridge
Current leadership
Bishop	John Ford
Website
murray.anglican.org

The Anglican Diocese of The Murray is located in the south-eastern region of South Australia, taking 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 previous Bishop of The Murray was Ross Davies, who relinquished the position 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.^[1]

Bishops of The Murray

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Robert George Porter (1970 to 1989); inaugural bishop^[2]
Graham Howard Walden (1989 to 2001)^[3]
Ross Owen Davies (2001 to 2010)
Vacant (2010 - 2013)^[4]
John Ford (2013 to present)

References

↑ "New Bishop for Diocese of The Murray", Diocese of The Murray website.
↑ "The Diocese". The Diocese of The Murray. The Anglican Church of Australia. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
↑ "Years of faith for this bush brother". The Daily Liberal. The Daily Liberal. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
↑ "New Bishop for Diocese of The Murray". The Anglican Diocese of Adelaide. The Anglican Diocese of Adelaide. Retrieved 4 November 2015.

External links

Diocese of The Murray 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

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

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