Anglican Diocese of Armidale

Diocese of Armidale

Location
Ecclesiastical province	New South Wales
Coordinates	30°S 150°E / 30°S 150°E / -30; 150Coordinates: 30°S 150°E / 30°S 150°E / -30; 150
Statistics
Churches	34
Information
Rite	Anglican
Cathedral	St Peter's Cathedral Armidale
Current leadership
Bishop	Rick Lewers
Website
armidaleanglicandiocese.com

The Anglican Diocese of Armidale is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia located in the state of New South Wales. The diocese was created in 1914 as a result of a division of the previous Diocese of Grafton and Armidale which was created by letters patent in 1863.

Once relatively Anglo-Catholic in its liturgical and theological leanings, since the mid-20th century the diocese has leant more towards the neighbouring 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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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 Bishop Edward Muhima of the Diocese 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.^[3]

List of Bishops of Armidale

Bishops of Grafton and Armidale 1867-1914
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1867	1868	William Collinson Sawyer	drowned in the River Clarence before his enthonement
1869	1893	James Francis Turner
1894	1901	Arthur Vincent Green	translated to Ballarat
1901	1914	Henry Edward Cooper	thereafter Bishop of Armidale

Bishops of Armidale 1914-present
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1914	1916	Henry Edward Cooper	previously Bishop of Grafton and Armidale
1916	1929	Wentworth Francis Wentworth-Sheilds
1929	1964	John Stoward Moyes
1965	1976	Ronald Clive Kerle	Previously bishop coadjutor in Sydney since 1956.
1976	1999	Peter Chiswell
2000	2012	Peter Robert Brain
2012	present	Rick Lewers	Consecrated and installed May 2012.

References

↑ Holiness, Sexuality and Love, Anglican Diocese of Armidale Website, 5 January 2016
↑ http://www.anglican.org.au/docs/archive/129.pdf
↑ "Link Diocese - North Kigezi". Diocesan Profile. Diocese of Armidale. Retrieved 2008-01-28.

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

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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

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