Diocese Of Gippsland
History
The Diocese of Gippsland was created after a movement to divide the Diocese of Melbourne, the oldest Anglican diocese in Victoria, established in 1847. Talk began of this as early as 1885 and in 1900 a bill was passed to create the Diocese of Sandhurst-Beechworth. Debate continued after this decision and eventually led to another bill in 1901, with which three new dioceses were created. Along with Ballarat and Wangaratta, the Diocese of Gippsland came into existence in the following year. The bishops of each of these dioceses were elected by a body made up of the Bishop of Melbourne, four members of the Melbourne Bishopric Election Board, four clergy from the area in question and four laity. Arthur Pain was chosen to be the first to preside over the Diocese of Gippsland. He was consecrated as a bishop at St Andrew's Cathedral in Sydney, having previously ministered at St John's Darlinghurst in Sydney. He was then installed as Bishop of Gippsland in the Cathedral of St Paul in Gippsland on 10 July 1902.
Bishops
| Bishops of Gippsland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1 | 1902 | 1917 | Arthur Pain | Previously a canon of St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney; installed 10 July 1902. |
| 2 | 1917 | 1942 | George Cranswick | |
| 3 | 1942 | 1954 | Donald Blackwood MC VD | Previously Archdeacon of Hobart. |
| 4 | 1955 | 1958 | Edwin Davidson | Died in office. |
| 5 | 1959 | 1974 | David Garnsey | Previously canon of St Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn, and headmaster of Canberra Grammar School. |
| 6 | 1975 | 1980 | Graham Delbridge | Previously an archdeacon and senior chaplain to the Primate of Australia, and then a coadjutor bishop in the Diocese of Sydney; died in office. |
| 7 | 1980 | 1987 | Neville Chynoweth AM | Previously Assistant Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn. |
| 8 | 1987 | 1994 | Colin Sheumack | Previously Archdeacon of Bendigo and then Dean of Bathurst. |
| 9 | 1994 | 2001 | Arthur Jones | Previously Dean of Sale. |
| 10 | 2001 | 2005 | Jeffrey Driver | Translated to Adelaide. |
| 11 | 2006 | 2014 | John McIntyre | Died in office. |
| 12 | 2015 | 2017 | Kay Goldsworthy AO | Previously Assistant Bishop of Perth; translated to Perth becoming Archbishop of Perth and Metropolitan of Western Australia |
| 13 | 2018 | present | Richard Treloar | Installed 18 August 2018. |
Facilities
The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral Church of St Paul, Sale. The diocese also has two affiliated schools, Gippsland Grammar School and St Paul's Anglican Grammar School, Warragul.
Companion diocese
The Diocese of Gahini in the Anglican Church of Rwanda
References
- ^ "Diocese: Gippsland". Anglican Communion. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
Sources
- H.W. Nunn: A Short History of the Church of England in Victoria 1847-1947 (1947)
- Albert E. Clarke: The Church of our Fathers
- I. T. Maddern: Light and Life A history of the Anglican Church in Gippsland, Diocese of Gippsland website
