Diocese of Melbourne | |
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Location | |
Ecclesiastical province | Victoria |
Archdeaconries | Box Hill, Dandenong, Frankston, Geelong, Kew, La Trobe, Maroondah, Melbourne, Port Philip & Bayside & Kingston North, Stonnington & Glen Eira, and The Yarra |
Coordinates | 37°49′1″S 144°58′3″E / 37.81694°S 144.96750°E |
Information | |
Rite | Anglican |
Cathedral | St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne |
Current leadership | |
Archbishop | Philip Freier |
Assistant bishops | Paul Barker, Jumbunna Episcopate Kate Prowd, Oodthenong Episcopate Genieve Blackwell, Marmingatha Episcopate Brad Billings, Theological Education & Wellbeing (Monomeeth Episcopate) |
Website | |
melbourneanglican.org |
The Anglican Diocese of Melbourne is the metropolitan diocese of the Province of Victoria in the Anglican Church of Australia. The diocese was founded from the Diocese of Australia by letters patent of 25 June 1847[1] and includes the cities of Melbourne and Geelong and also some more rural areas. The cathedral church is St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne. The current Archbishop of Melbourne since 2006 is Philip Freier, who was translated from the Anglican Diocese of The Northern Territory, and who was the Anglican Primate of Australia from 2014 to 2020.