Diocese of Kalgoorlie
Coat of arms
Location
CountryAustralia
Territory
Ecclesiastical provinceWestern Australia
MetropolitanArchbishop of Perth
Coordinates30°44′40.9″S 121°28′23.0″E / 30.744694°S 121.473056°E / -30.744694; 121.473056
Information
DenominationAnglicanism
Established1914 (1914)
Dissolved1973 (1973)
CathedralSt John the Baptist, Kalgoorlie
Parent churchChurch 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.[4]

The cathedral was St John the Baptist, Kalgoorlie, which before and after the separate existence of the diocese was the parish church of Kalgoorlie.[5]

Bishops

Tenure Name Notes
1914–1919 Cyril Golding-Bird[6] first diocesan bishop
1919–1950 William Elsey[7]
1950–1967 Cecil Muschamp[8]
1967–1973 Denis Bryant[9] fourth and final diocesan bishop; later Assistant Bishop of Perth[10]

References

  1. "Anglican Church of Australia (1981 - )". Find & Connect. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  2. The Times, Wednesday, Feb 11, 1914; pg. 8; Issue 40444; col A News in Brief New Bishop of Kalgoorlie
  3. "Anglican Diocese of Kalgoorlie (1914 - 1973)". Find & Connect. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  4. "Proposed merger of two Australian dioceses". Church Times. No. 5726. 10 November 1972. p. 24. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 29 August 2019 via UK Press Online archives.
  5. "WA Heritage Council: St John the Baptist Cathedral". Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  6. Australian Newspaper Archive
  7. Order of ceremonial for his consecration as Bishop of Kalgoorlie
  8. Anglican archives Archived 2013-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "obituaries: Denis Bryant". Church Times. No. 7436. 16 September 2005. p. 28. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 29 August 2019 via UK Press Online archives.
  10. "deaths: Bryant". Church Times. No. 7431. 12 August 2005. p. 24. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 29 August 2019 via UK Press Online archives.
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