Anglican Diocese of Bendigo

{{Short description|Diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia}}

{{For|the Roman Catholic church in the region|Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandhurst}}

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The Anglican Diocese of Bendigo is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia. It is situated in the Bendigo region of the state of Victoria, Australia. Its geographic remit extends from that part of Victoria that lies north of the Great Dividing Range and west of the Goulburn River to the border with the state of South Australia. The diocesan cathedral is St Paul's Cathedral, Bendigo. The diocese was separated from the Diocese of Melbourne in 1902, with Henry Archdall Langley installed as the first bishop. The current bishop, Matt Brain, was installed on 17 February 2018.

History

The diocese was separated from the Diocese of Melbourne in 1902, at the same time as the creation of the dioceses of Wangaratta and Gippsland. In 1977, the Diocese of St Arnaud, which had been separated from the Diocese of Ballarat in 1926, was disbanded and merged with Bendigo.

The original cathedral church of the diocese was All Saints, Bendigo, but since 1981 the cathedral church has been St Paul's. Since 17 February 2018, the Bishop of Bendigo has been Matt Brain.

The Gannawarra Cluster is an initiative by the diocese to provide a team of locally ordained clergy to offer ministry to three geographically connected parishes, Cohuna, Kerang, and Quambatook.

Bishops of Bendigo

Deans of Bendigo

1902 John Christian MacCullagh (1st Dean of Bendigo){{cite web|url=http://webjournals.ac.edu.au/journals/adeb/m_/maccullagh-john-christian-1832-1917/ |title=MacCullagh, John Christian (1832-1917) |publisher=webjournals |access-date=16 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405041100/http://webjournals.ac.edu.au/journals/adeb/m_/maccullagh-john-christian-1832-1917/ |archive-date=5 April 2015 }}
1917 Wilfred Ernest Holtzendorff Percival
1928 Donald Haultain
1932 Edward Schweiger
1940 Wilfred Frederick Dau
1951 Charles Frederick Hulley
1956 Charles Lawrence Riley
1957 Ronald Edward Richards
1973 Alex G. McKenzie
1980 Ray Elliott
1986 John Bedford
1989 - 1993 John W. Stewart
2006 Peta Sherlock
2012 John Roundhill
2018 Elizabeth Dyke