Diocese of Armidale | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Ecclesiastical province | New South Wales |
| Metropolitan | Archbishop of Sydney |
| Coordinates | 30°S 150°E / 30°S 150°E |
| Statistics | |
| Churches | 34 |
| Information | |
| Rite | Anglicanism |
| Cathedral | St Peter's Cathedral Armidale |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Rod Chiswell |
| Website | |
| armidaleanglicandiocese.com | |
 Logo of the Diocese | |
The Anglican Diocese of Armidale is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia located in the state of New South Wales. As the Diocese of Grafton and Armidale, it was created (from the Diocese of Newcastle) by letters patent in 1863.[1] When the Anglican Diocese of Grafton was split off in 1914, the remaining portion was renamed Armidale, retaining its legal continuity and its incumbent bishop.[2]
Once relatively Anglo-Catholic in its liturgical and theological leanings, since the mid-20th century the diocese has leant more towards the Diocese of Sydney and its particular form of Evangelical teaching and liturgy. The diocese is theologically conservative and holds to the traditional Anglican beliefs on human sexuality, disapproving same-sex unions.[3]
The diocese includes the regional cities of Tamworth and Armidale and the towns of Glen Innes, Tenterfield, Inverell, Moree, Gunnedah and Narrabri.
On 12 December 2020, the synod of the diocese elected Rod Chiswell, vicar of South Tamworth, as the 8th Bishop of Armidale.[4] Chiswell was installed on 27 February 2021.[5]
- ^ 1877 legislation
- ^ "An Ordinance of the Diocese of Grafton" (PDF). 10 December 1913. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "Holiness, Sexuality and Love, Anglican Diocese of Armidale Website, 5 January 2016". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
- ^ Newsroom (16 December 2020). "Rev Rod Chiswell is elected as the new Bishop of the Armidale Diocese". Moree Champion. Australian Community Media. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
{{cite news}}:|last1=has generic name (help) - ^ "New Bishop's Consecration and Installation". Anglican Diocese of Armidale. 12 January 2021. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.