Diocese of Perth | |
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Location | |
Country | Australia |
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Ecclesiastical province | Western Australia |
Metropolitan | Archbishop of Perth |
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Coordinates | 31°57′21″S 115°51′41″E / 31.9558°S 115.8613°E |
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Denomination | Anglicanism |
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Established | 11 January 1856 |
Cathedral | St George's Cathedral, Perth |
Language | English |
Current leadership | |
Parent church | Anglican Church of Australia |
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Diocese of Perth | |
The Anglican Diocese of Perth is one of the 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. The constitution of the Diocese of Perth was passed and adopted in 1872 at the first synod held in Western Australia. In 1914, the Province of Western Australia was created and the diocesan bishop of Perth became ex officio metropolitan bishop of the new province and therefore also an archbishop.
The diocese incorporates the southern part of the state of Western Australia and includes the Christmas and Cocos Islands. The other dioceses in the Anglican Province of Western Australia are the Diocese of Bunbury and the Diocese of North West Australia.
The cathedral church of the diocese is St George's Cathedral, Perth.