Anglican Diocese of Newcastle (Australia)#Graeme Rutherford

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

{{For|the Roman Catholic diocese in the Newcastle region|Roman Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle}}

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Charlie Murry {{small|(Coastal Episcopate, since 2018)}}

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| archdeacons = Arthur Copeman (Archdeacon of Newcastle)
Rod Bower (Archdeacon for Justice Ministries and Chaplaincy)

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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.{{cite news |url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page12499460 |title=Diocese of Sydney |newspaper=New South Wales Government Gazette |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 January 1848 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia }} 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,[http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/cathedral.cfm?IDNUMBER=9245 Anglican Communion website] the assistant bishop at the time, was elected as the diocesan bishop. He was installed at Christ Church Cathedral on 2 February 2018.{{cite news |url = https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/5084203/hunter-could-have-a-woman-bishop-in-2018-says-new-anglican-leader/ |title = Newly-elected Newcastle Anglican Bishop Peter Stuart a 'passionate supporter' of women in ministry |date=28 November 2017 |newspaper=The Newcastle Herald |first=Joanne |last=McCarthy }}

Bishops

=Assistant bishops=

Robert Davies was assistant bishop in 1963{{Cite web |url=http://stpetersswansea.org.au/home/parish-history/ |title=Clergy, Bishops of the Diocese of Newcastle, Assistant Bishops |access-date=27 January 2020 |archive-date=27 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127212703/http://stpetersswansea.org.au/home/parish-history/ |url-status=dead }} and became Bishop of Tasmania. Leslie Stibbard was appointed an assistant bishop in 1964,{{Church Times | title = Episcopal appointments | archive = 1965_01_01_015 | issue = 5316 | date = 1 January 1965 | page = 15 | accessed = 4 September 2019 }} serving for ten years. Geoffrey Parker served 1974–1982 and died on 28 February 1997.{{cite web |url=https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/sites/default/files/ANG.0412.001.0202.pdf |title=Proceedings Of The Eleventh General Synod |date=1998|access-date=3 August 2023}} 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{{cite web |url=http://anglicanarchives.org.au/HDMS-HTML/PHOTS192.htm#PHOT05664 |title=Archived copy |website=anglicanarchives.org.au |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409162722/http://anglicanarchives.org.au/HDMS-HTML/PHOTS192.htm#PHOT05664 |archive-date=9 April 2013 |url-status=dead}} and served as assistant bishop for the Central Coast.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w_j7wAEACAAJ|title = Beloved Father Beloved Son: A Conversation About Faith Between a Bishop and His Atheist Son|isbn = 9781625643018|last1 = Rutherford|first1 = Graeme|last2 = Rutherford|first2 = Jonathan|date = 9 August 1913}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newcastleanglican.org.au/our-diocese/bishop/|title = Bishops : Newcastle Anglican| date=24 August 2019 }}

References

External links

[http://newcastleanglican.org.au/ Diocese of Newcastle website]
[https://mapsengine.google.com/map/edit?mid=zoDyJc1e3INg.kpTzZD_T-tys Churches of the Diocese of Newcastle]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20190513064052/http://www.angdon.com/diocese/history.htm Anglican Diocese of Newcastle history]

Anglican Diocese of Newcastle (Australia)#Graeme Rutherford

Bishops

=Assistant bishops=

See also

References

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