The Anglican Diocese of Brisbane is located in Brisbane, Australia. The cathedral church of the diocese is St John's Cathedral, Brisbane. The current Archbishop of Brisbane is the Most Reverend Dr Phillip Aspinall, who is also the Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia.
The first Anglican archbishop of Brisbane was St Clair Donaldson who presided 1904–1921.
The Diocese stretches from the inner city out to country parishes such as Kilcoy [1].
Bishops of Brisbane[]
- Up to 1859 William Tyrrell (was bishop of Newcastle which incorporated Brisbane at the time)
- 1859 - 1874 Edward Wyndham Tufnell
- 1875 - 1885 Mathew Blagden Hale
- 1885 - 1903 William Thomas Thornhill Webber
- 1904 - 1905 St Clair George Alfred Donaldson
Brisbane became a princial see in 1905, and the Bishopric then elevated to an Archbishopric
Archishops of Brisbane[]
- 1905 - 1921 St Clair George Alfred Donaldson
- 1921 - 1933 Gerald Sharp
- 1934 - 1943 John William Charles Wand
- 1943 - 1962 Reginald Charles Halse
- 1963 - 1970 Philip Nigel Warrington Strong
- 1970 - 1980 Felix Raymond Arnott
- 1980 - 1989 John Basil Rowland Grindrod
- 1990 - 2001 Peter John Hollingworth
- 2002 - now Phillip Aspinall
References[]
- Bishops and Archbishops of Brisbane at Anglican Archives
External links[]
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