Anglican Diocese of The Murray

Diocese of The Murray
St John the Baptist Cathedral
Location
Country Australia
Ecclesiastical province Province of South Australia
Archdeaconries The Murray
Fleuireu Peninsula
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]

The Diocese of The Murray is a traditionalist Anglo-Catholic diocese that does not ordain women to the priesthood.[2] 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.[3]

Bishops of The Murray

References

  1. ↑ "New Bishop for Diocese of The Murray", Diocese of The Murray website.
  2. ↑ Zwartz, Barney (9 March 2010). "At cross purposes". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Porter, Muriel (21 April 2017). "First woman deacon in The Murray". Church Times (UK). Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "The Diocese". The Diocese of The Murray. The Anglican Church of Australia. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Years of faith for this bush brother". The Daily Liberal. The Daily Liberal. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "New Bishop for Diocese of The Murray". The Anglican Diocese of Adelaide. The Anglican Diocese of Adelaide. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2015.

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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