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Anglican Diocese Of Newcastle (Australia)
The Anglican Diocese of Newcastle in Australia is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia. The diocese is located in the state of New South Wales. It is centred in the city of Newcastle and extends along the state's coast from Woy Woy to Laurieton and inland to Merriwa and Murrurundi.

The diocese was founded from the Diocese of Australia by letters patent of 25 June 1847. The cathedral church of the diocese is Christ Church Cathedral in Newcastle.

The diocesan bishop is the Bishop of Newcastle. On 25 November 2017, Peter Stuart, the assistant bishop at the time, was elected as the diocesan bishop. He was installed at Christ Church Cathedral on 2 February 2018.

Bishops

This section is an excerpt from Anglican Bishop of Newcastle (Australia).[edit]
Bishops of Newcastle
No From Until Incumbent Notes
1 1847 1879 William Tyrrell Installed 26 January 1848; died in office.
2 1880 1889 Josiah Pearson
3 1890 1905 George Stanton Translated from North Queensland; died in office.
4 1906 1919 Jack Stretch Previously Dean of Ballarat, coadjutor bishop of Brisbane and Dean of Newcastle; died in office.
5 1919 1928 Reginald Stephen Translated from Tasmania.
6 1928 1930 George Long Translated from Bathurst; died in office.
7 1931 1958 De Witt Batty Previously Dean of Brisbane and coadjutor bishop of Brisbane.
8 1958 1972 James Housden Translated from Rockhampton.
9 1973 1977 Ian Shevill Translated from North Queensland.
10 1978 1992 Alfred Holland Previously Assistant Bishop of Perth.
11 1993 2005 Roger Herft AM Translated from Waikato and Taranaki; translated to Perth.
12 2005 2012 Brian Farran Previously Dean of Rockhampton and an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Perth.
13 2013 2017 Greg Thompson Translated from the Northern Territory.
14 2018 present Peter Stuart Previously Assistant Bishop of Newcastle.
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Assistant bishops

Robert Davies was assistant bishop in 1963 and became Bishop of Tasmania. Leslie Stibbard was appointed an assistant bishop in 1964, serving for ten years. Geoffrey Parker served 1974–1982 and died on 28 February 1997. Richard Appleby served 1983–1992 and became diocesan Bishop of the Northern Territory.

Graeme Rutherford (Graeme Stanley Rutherford) was consecrated a bishop on 4 November 2000 and served as assistant bishop for the Central Coast.

Peter Stuart was assistant bishop from 2009 until his 2018 election to the diocesan See, during which time he twice administered the diocese.

On 10 May 2018, Stuart consecrated Sonia Roulston and Charlie Murry as assistant bishops for the Inland and the Coast respectively.

See also