Anglican Diocese of Armidale

The Anglican Diocese of Armidale is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia located in the state of New South Wales. As the Diocese of Grafton and Armidale, it was created (from the Diocese of Newcastle) by letters patent in 1863.[1] When the Anglican Diocese of Grafton was split off in 1914, the remaining portion was renamed Armidale, retaining its legal continuity and its incumbent bishop.[2]

Diocese of Armidale
Coat of arms
Location
CountryAustralia
Ecclesiastical provinceNew South Wales
MetropolitanArchbishop of Sydney
Coordinates30°S 150°E
Statistics
Churches34
Information
RiteAnglican
CathedralSt Peter's Cathedral Armidale
Current leadership
BishopRick Lewers
Website
armidaleanglicandiocese.com

Once relatively Anglo-Catholic in its liturgical and theological leanings, since the mid-20th century the diocese has leant more towards the Diocese of Sydney and its particular form of Evangelical teaching and liturgy. The diocese is theologically conservative and holds to the traditional Anglican beliefs on human sexuality, disapproving same-sex unions.[3]

The diocese includes the regional cities of Tamworth and Armidale and the towns of Glen Innes, Tenterfield, Inverell, Moree, Gunnedah and Narrabri.

Rick Lewers has been the Bishop of Armidale since May 2012.

Cathedral

The cathedral church of the diocese is St Peter's Cathedral in Armidale. It was consecrated for worship in 1875. The cathedral was designed by the Canadian architect John Horbury Hunt who also designed the University of New England. The foundation stone was laid by James F. Turner, Bishop of Grafton and Armidale.[4]

Schools

The Diocese of Armidale has three affiliated independent Anglican schools:

  • The Armidale School (TAS), founded 1894
  • New England Girls' School (NEGS), Armidale, founded 1895
  • Calrossy Anglican School, Tamworth, incorporating Calrossy Anglican School for Girls (founded 1919), William Cowper Anglican Boys High School and William Cowper Primary School

Linked diocese

Following a 2004 synod visit by Edward Muhima, Bishop of North Kigezi in Uganda, there has been a forging of a support link between the two dioceses. The Diocese of North Kigezi is in the South West of Uganda, with its office in Rukunjiri.[5]

List of bishops
Bishops of Grafton and Armidale
From Until Incumbent Notes
1867 1868 Collinson Sawyer [6] drowned in the River Clarence before his enthonement
1869 1893 James Turner [7]
1894 1901 Arthur Green [8] translated to Ballarat
1901 1914 Henry Cooper [9] remained in post as Bishop of Armidale[2]
Bishops of Armidale
1914 1916 Henry Cooper previously Bishop of Grafton and Armidale
1916 1929 Wentworth Wentworth-Sheilds
1929 1964 John Moyes
1965 1976 Clive Kerle Previously bishop coadjutor in Sydney since 1956
1976 1999 Peter Chiswell
2000 2012 Peter Brain
2012 present Rick Lewers Consecrated and installed May 2012

See also

References
  1. 1877 legislation
  3. "Holiness, Sexuality and Love, Anglican Diocese of Armidale Website, 5 January 2016". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Link Diocese – North Kigezi". Diocesan Profile. Diocese of Armidale. Retrieved 28 January 2008.
  6. Appointed First Bishop
  7. "Turner, James Francis (1829–1893)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 26 November 2019 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  8. “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  9. Lays foundation stone for the Armidale School Archived March 6, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
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