Anglican Diocese of Kalgoorlie explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Kalgoorlie
Coat:Anglican Diocese of Kalgoorlie logo.png
Coat Size:150px
Coat Caption:Coat of arms
Country:Australia
Province:Western Australia
Metropolitan:Archbishop of Perth
Denomination:Anglicanism
Cathedral:St John the Baptist, Kalgoorlie
Parent Church:Church of England in Australia

The Diocese of Kalgoorlie was a diocese of the Church of England in Australia (now the Anglican Church of Australia[1]). It covered much of the Goldfields-Esperance region in Western Australia, and existed from the consecration of its first bishop in 1914[2] until its re-absorption back into the Anglican Diocese of Perth in 1973.[3] At that point the Kalgoorlie diocese was reported to contain only eight parishes, and was financially unviable as a separate entity.

The cathedral was St John the Baptist, Kalgoorlie, which before and after the separate existence of the diocese was the parish church of Kalgoorlie.[4]

Bishops

TenureNameNotes
1914–1919Cyril Golding-Bird[5] First diocesan bishop.
1919–1950William Elsey[6]
1950–1967Cecil Muschamp[7]
1967–1973Denis BryantFourth and final diocesan bishop; later Assistant Bishop of Perth.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anglican Church of Australia (1981 -) . Find & Connect . 8 April 2021.
  2. The Times, Wednesday, Feb 11, 1914; pg. 8; Issue 40444; col A News in Brief New Bishop of Kalgoorlie
  3. Web site: Anglican Diocese of Kalgoorlie (1914 - 1973) . Find & Connect . 8 April 2021.
  4. Web site: WA Heritage Council: St John the Baptist Cathedral. 13 December 2020.
  5. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/381213 Australian Newspaper Archive
  6. http://henrietta.liswa.wa.gov.au:90/kids/12,178/search/dBishops+--+Western+Australia+--+Broome+--+Photogra/dbishops+western+australia+broome+photographs/-3,-1,0,B/frameset&FF=dbishops+western+australia+kalgoorlie&1,1,?save=b1502165 Order of ceremonial for his consecration as Bishop of Kalgoorlie
  7. http://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/HDMS-HTML/SPSES257.htm Anglican archives