Anglican Diocese of Kalgoorlie

{{Short description|Anglican diocese in Western Australia}}

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| jurisdiction = Diocese

| name = Kalgoorlie

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| country = Australia

| territory = {{Unbulleted list|Goldfields-Esperance|{{small|(Southern part)}}}}

| province = Western Australia

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| metropolitan = Archbishop of Perth

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| established = {{start date|1914}}

| dissolved = {{end date|1973}}

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| cathedral = St John the Baptist, Kalgoorlie

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| parent_church = Church of England in Australia

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The Diocese of Kalgoorlie was a diocese of the Church of England in Australia (now the Anglican Church of Australia{{cite web |title=Anglican Church of Australia (1981 - ) |url=https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/guide/nsw/NE00046 |website=Find & Connect |access-date=8 April 2021}}). It covered much of the Goldfields-Esperance region in Western Australia, and existed from the consecration of its first bishop in 1914The Times, Wednesday, Feb 11, 1914; pg. 8; Issue 40444; col A News in Brief New Bishop of Kalgoorlie until its re-absorption back into the Anglican Diocese of Perth in 1973.{{cite web |title=Anglican Diocese of Kalgoorlie (1914 - 1973) |url=https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/wa/biogs/WE01483b.htm |website=Find & Connect |access-date=8 April 2021}} At that point the Kalgoorlie diocese was reported to contain only eight parishes, and was financially unviable as a separate entity.{{Church Times | title = Proposed merger of two Australian dioceses | archive = 1972_11_10_024 | issue = 5726 | date = 10 November 1972 | page = 24 | accessed = 29 August 2019 }}

The cathedral was St John the Baptist, Kalgoorlie, which before and after the separate existence of the diocese was the parish church of Kalgoorlie.{{Cite web|url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Inventory/Details/c8df68d9-786e-4b03-93f2-65f903aa6643|title=WA Heritage Council: St John the Baptist Cathedral|access-date=13 December 2020}}