The Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn is one of the 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. The diocese has 60 parishes covering most of south-east New South Wales, the eastern Riverina and the Australian Capital Territory. It stretches from Marulan in the north, from Batemans Bay to Eden on the south coast across to Holbrook in the south-west, north to Wagga Wagga, Temora, Young and Goulburn.

The Diocese of Goulburn was established in 1863. At that time it extended to the south and west of Goulburn to the south-western corner of New South Wales (south of the 34th degree of latitude). In 1883 the diocese was divided, with the western portion designated as the major part of the newly created Diocese of Riverina. In 1950 the name was changed to the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. St Saviour's Cathedral, the mother church of the diocese, is located in Goulburn, New South Wales. Both the diocesan bishop and the diocesan office are located in Canberra, ACT, Australia's national capital, which is 87 kilometres to the south of Goulburn.

[edit] Current diocesan bishop

The Bishop of the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn is the Right Reverend Stuart Robinson, who was elected 10th bishop of the diocese on All Saints' Day, 2008. He was consecrated and enthroned in St Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn, on 31 January 2009.

[edit] Former diocesan bishops

• Mesac Thomas: b. 1816; consecrated 25 March 1863; installed 8 April 1864; d. 16 March 1892 (in office)

• William Chalmers: b. 1833; elected 9 June 1892; consecrated 1 November 1892; installed 1 November 1892; d. 13 November 1901 (in office)

• Christopher George Barlow: b. 1858; consecrated 25 July 1891; elected 28 January 1902; installed 23 April 1902; resigned 31 March 1915; d. 30 August 1915

• Lewis Bostock Radford: b. 5 June 1869; elected 18 May 1915; consecrated 24 August 1915; installed 31 August 1915; resigned 31 December 1933; d. 2 April 1937

• Ernest Henry Burgmann: b. 9 May 1885; elected 2 February 1934; consecrated 1 May 1934; installed 4 May 1934; resigned 31 December 1960; d. 14 March 1967

• Kenneth John Clements: b. 21 December 1905 consecrated 29 June 1949; elected 21 February 1961; installed 15 June 1961; resigned 30 September 1971; d. 8 January 1992

• Cecil Allan Warren: b. 25 February 1924; consecrated 21 September 1965; elected 15 November 1971; installed 31 January 1972; resigned 5 September 1983

• Owen Douglas Dowling: b. 11 October 1934; consecrated 25 March 1881; elected 15 November 1983; installed 17 December 1983; resigned 1 January 1993; d. 6 May 2008

• George Victor Browning; 9th bishop of the diocese on 31 January 1993 and installed on 30 May 1993; laid up the pastoral staff in St Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn, on 2 February 2008

[edit] Sources and external links

• Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn website
• A church for a nation: a history of the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn, by Tom Frame. Alexandria: Hale and Iremonger, 2000 ISBN 0-86806-695-8