Anglican Diocese of St Arnaud explained

Jurisdiction:	Diocese
St Arnaud
Coat:	Anglican Diocese of St Arnaud logo.png
Coat Size:	150px
Coat Caption:	Coat of arms
Country:	Australia
Province:	Victoria
Metropolitan:	Archbishop of Melbourne
Coordinates:	-36.6164°N 143.255°W
Denomination:	Anglicanism
Cathedral:	Christ Church, St Arnaud
Parent Church:	Church of England in Australia

The Anglican Diocese of St Arnaud was a diocese of the Church of England in Australia (now the Anglican Church of Australia^[1]), in the Mallee and Wimmera regions of north-west Victoria.^{[2] [3]} It was created in 1926 out of the Diocese of Ballarat^[4] and named after the town of St Arnaud. In 1976 it was amalgamated into the Diocese of Bendigo.^[5]

Bishops

• Melville Charles James (1926-50)^[6]
• Allen Ernest Winter (1951-73)^[7]
• David Hubert Warner Shand (1973-76),^[8] who was also the dean.^[9]

Archdeacons of St Arnaud

Incomplete list

• Frederic Morgan-Payler (1930-35)
• HD Campbell (1935-38)^{[10] [11]} (also Vicar of Christ Church)^[12]
• Edmund Franklin Cooper (1939-40)^{[13] [14]} (also Vicar of Christ Church)^[15]
• R Gearing (1941-45) (also Vicar of Christ Church)^[16]
• Ernest Joseph Lees (1945-54) ^[17]
• John Burnett (1965-68)
• John Burnett (1970-72)
• John Aylmer Leaver (1973-74) ^[18] (also Vicar of Christ Church, 1966-74)^[19]

Cathedral

The cathedral church was Christ Church, St Arnaud, now known as Christ Church Old Cathedral.^[20] The church was designed by F. M. Moore and built in 1864 in a Victorian unpainted brick Early English Gothic style.^[21]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anglican Church of Australia (1981 -) . Find & Connect . 8 April 2021.
2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19661008&id=1AYQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZpMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2824,1333747 The Age, 8 October 1966
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976
4. The Times, 22 September 1926; p. 15;, Ecclesiastical News: The Church In Australia
5. Web site: Diocese of Bendigo website . 2009-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090912222721/http://bendigoanglican.org.au/history.htm . 2009-09-12 . dead .
6. http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120521b.htm The Argus
7. http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/images/1958/V/general/8.pdf Victoria Government Gazette
8. http://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an2576086 NLA website
9. Web site: Australian Church Histories: Christ Church Anglican, St Arnaud, Victoria. 12 December 2020.
10. Web site: The Herald, 18 March 1935, p 7, via Trove NLA. 27 December 2020.
11. Web site: The Age, 24 November 1938, p 10, via Trove NLA. 27 December 2020.
12. Web site: Christ Church, St Arnaud: Clergy. 27 December 2020.
13. Web site: Morwell Advertiser, 12 January 1939, p 9, via Trove NLA. 27 December 2020.
14. Web site: The Age, 15 May 1946, p 2, via Trove NLA. 27 December 2020.
15. Web site: Christ Church, St Arnaud: Clergy. 27 December 2020.
16. Web site: Christ Church, St Arnaud: Clergy. 27 December 2020.
17. Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 569.
18. Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 566.
19. Web site: Christ Church, St Arnaud: Clergy. 27 December 2020.
20. Web site: Victorian Heritage: Christ Church Old Cathedral St Arnaud. 12 December 2020.
21. Web site: Victorian Heritage: Christ Church Old Cathedral St Arnaud. 12 December 2020.