Bishopric: | Tasmania |
Border: | anglican |
Coat: | Anglican Diocese of Tasmania logo.png |
Coat Size: | 150px |
Coat Alt: | Coat of arms of the diocese |
Coat Caption: | Coat of arms of the diocese |
Incumbent: | Richard Condie |
Incumbent Note: | since |
Country: | Australia |
Province: | Extra-provincial |
Denomination: | Anglicanism |
Cathedral: | St David's Cathedral, Hobart |
First Incumbent: | Francis Nixon |
Diocese: | Tasmania |
Bishops of Tasmania | |||||
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No | From | Until | Incumbent | Notes | |
1842 | 1863 | Francis Nixon | Consecrated 24 August 1842. | ||
1864 | 1882 | Charles Bromby | Later Assistant Bishop of Lichfield and Assistant Bishop of Bath and Wells. | ||
1883 | 1889 | Daniel Sandford | Later coadjutor bishop to two successive Bishops of Durham. | ||
1889 | 1901 | Henry Montgomery | Father of Field-Marshal Bernard Montgomery. | ||
1902 | 1914 | Edward Mercer | Later Archdeacon of Macclesfield. | ||
1914 | 1919 | Reginald Stephen | Previously Dean of Melbourne; translated to Newcastle. | ||
1919 | 1943 | Robert Hay | Previously Dean of Hobart; died in office. | ||
1944 | 1963 | Geoffrey Cranswick | |||
1963 | 1981 | Robert Davies | Previously Assistant Bishop of Newcastle. | ||
1982 | 2000 | Philip Newell | Previously Archdeacon of Lilley. | ||
2000 | 2015 | John Harrower | Later Assistant Bishop assisting the Primate of Australia. | ||
2016 | present | Richard Condie | Previously an archdeacon in the Diocese of Melbourne; consecrated 19 March 2016. |
John Vernon Kestell Cornish (13 October 193126 January 1982) was consecrated 19 May 1979 at St George's Cathedral, Perth, to serve as Assistant Bishop of Perth. He was elected Bishop of Tasmania (to succeed Davies) in 1981, but died suddenly, after moving to Hobart but before his scheduled enthronement;[2] [3] Newell was elected in his stead the same year.[4]