Anglican Bishop of Wangaratta

Bishop of Wangaratta

Bishopric
anglican

Coat of arms of the Diocese
Incumbent: Clarence Bester since 23 February 2020 (2020-02-23)
Style	The Right Reverend
Location
Country	Australia
Ecclesiastical province	Victoria
Residence	Bishop's Lodge, Wangaratta
Information
First holder	Thomas Armstrong
Denomination	Anglican
Established	24 February 1902 (1902-02-24)
Diocese	Wangaratta
Cathedral	Holy Trinity Cathedral, Wangaratta
Website
Diocese of Wangaratta

The Bishop of Wangaratta is the diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Wangaratta, Australia.^[1]

List of Bishops of Wangaratta

Bishops of Wangaratta
No	From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1	1902	1927	Thomas Armstrong	Consecrated 24 February 1902.
2	1927	1942	Stephen Hart	Previously Dean of Melbourne.
3	1943	1963	Thomas Armour	Previously Dean of Newcastle; died in office.
4	1963	1969	Theodore McCall	Translated from Rockhampton; died in office.
5	1969	1975	Keith Rayner AO	Translated to Adelaide, then to Melbourne; also later Primate of Australia.
6	1975	1985	Max Thomas
7	1985	1994	Robert Beal	Previously Dean of Wangaratta and Dean of Newcastle.
8	1995	1997	Paul Richardson	Translated from Aipo Rongo, Papua New Guinea; later Assistant Bishop of Newcastle, England and, subsequently, a Roman Catholic priest.
9	1998	2008	David Farrer	Later a vicar in the Church of England.
10	2008	2019	John Parkes	Previously Dean of Brisbane.
11	2020	present	Clarence Bester	Consecrated 22 February 2020, enthroned 23 February 2020.

References

^ "Diocese: Wangaratta". Anglican Communion. Retrieved 15 March 2021.

External links

Media related to Bishops of the Anglican Diocese of Wangaratta at Wikimedia Commons

Diocese of Wangaratta – official site

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Bishops of Wangaratta

Thomas Armstrong
Stephen Hart
Thomas Armour
Theodore McCall
Keith Rayner
Max Thomas
Robert Beal
Paul Richardson
David Farrer
John Parkes
Clarence Bester

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Anglican hierarchy in Australia

Primate of Australia

Province of New South Wales

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Sydney Armidale Bathurst Canberra and Goulburn Grafton Newcastle Riverina
Assistant bishops	Sydney (Western Region, Wollongong, Southern Region, Northern Region, South Western Region) Bathurst Canberra and Goulburn Newcastle (Coastal, Inland)

Province of Victoria

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Melbourne Ballarat Bendigo Gippsland Wangaratta
Assistant bishops	Melbourne (Marmingatha, Monomeeth, Oodthenong, Jumbunna)

Province of Queensland

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Brisbane North Queensland Rockhampton Northern Territory
Assistant bishops	Brisbane (Western, Northern, Southern) North Queensland

Province of Western Australia

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Perth Bunbury North West Australia
Assistant bishops	Perth (Eastern and Rural, Northern, Southern)

Province of South Australia

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Adelaide Willochra The Murray

Extra-provincial

Diocesan bishops	Tasmania
Assistant bishops	Tasmania National Aboriginal Bishop National Torres Strait Islander Bishop Bishop to the Australian Defence Force

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