Anglican Diocese of Newcastle (Australia)

For the Roman Catholic diocese in the Newcastle region, see Roman Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.

The Anglican Diocese of Newcastle in Australia is located in the state of New South Wales and extends along the coast of the state 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.^[1] The cathedral church of the diocese is Christ Church Cathedral in Newcastle.

On 24 September 2013 Greg Thompson, Bishop of the Northern Territory, was elected as the bishop of the diocese. He was installed at Christ Church Cathedral on 2 February 2014. The assistant bishop is Peter Stuart.^[2]

References

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Sydney Armidale Bathurst Canberra & Goulburn Grafton Newcastle Riverina

Assistant bishops	Sydney (Western Sydney, Wollongong, South Sydney, Northern Region, Georges River) Bathurst Canberra & Goulburn Newcastle

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Melbourne Ballarat Bendigo Gippsland Wangaratta

Assistant bishops	Melbourne (Southern, North West, Eastern)

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Brisbane North Queensland Rockhampton Northern Territory

Assistant bishops	Brisbane (Western, Northern, Southern) North Queensland

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Perth Bunbury North West Australia

Assistant bishops	Perth (Eastern and Rural, Northern, Southern)

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Adelaide Willochra The Murray

Extra-provincial

Diocesan bishops	Tasmania

Missioner bishops	Stewardship Projects and Training

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