Anglican Diocese of Perth

The Anglican Diocese of Perth is one of the twenty three dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. The constitution of the Diocese of Perth was passed and adopted in 1872 at the first synod held in Western Australia. In 1914 the Province of Western Australia was created and the bishop of Perth became archbishop of Perth. The diocese incorporates the southern part of the state of Western Australia and includes the Christmas and Cocos Islands. Other dioceses in the Anglican Province of Western Australia are the Diocese of Bunbury and the Diocese of North West Australia.

The Diocese has traditionally had a variety of churchmanship and in recent years has largely tended towards a more more liberal theology and middle-of-the-road style. There are today, however, true to Anglican form, representative parishes and clergy of all the major trends of Anglican expression.

The cathedral church of the diocese is St George's Cathedral, Perth.

Bishops and Archbishops of Perth

Tenure	Name	Notes
1856-1875	Mathew Blagden Hale	1st Bishop of Perth
1876-1893	Henry Hutton Parry	2nd Bishop of Perth
1895-1929	Charles Owen Leaver Riley	3rd Bishop of Perth 1895-1914; 1st Archbishop of Perth 1914-1929
1929-1946	Henry Frewen Le Fanu	2nd Archbishop of Perth 1929-1946; Primate of Australia 1935-1946
1947-1962	Robert William Haines Moline	3rd Archbishop of Perth
1963-1969	George Appleton	4th Archbishop of Perth
1969-1980	Geoffrey Tremayne Sambell	5th Archbishop of Perth
1981-2005	Peter Frederick Carnley	6th Archbishop of Perth 1981-2005; Primate of Australia 2000-2005
2005-	Roger Herft	7th Archbishop of Perth and Metropolitan of the Province of Western Australia

See also

• St George's Cathedral, Perth
• St Bartholomew's Church

External links

• Diocese of Perth
• "Anglican Diocese of Perth Yearbook 2002". Anglican Diocese of Perth. 2003. Retrieved 2006-03-12. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |accessyear= and |coauthors= (help)