The Province of Western Australia is an ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Church of Australia, the boundaries of which are those of the state of Western Australia.
| Province of Western Australia | |
|---|---|
 Location of the Province (depicted in orange) in Australia | |
| Church | Anglican Church of Australia |
| Metropolitan bishop | Archbishop of Perth |
| Cathedral | St George's Cathedral, Perth |
| Dioceses | Three |
The province consists of three dioceses: Bunbury, North West Australia and Perth.[1] The first provincial synod was called in 1914,[2][3] and the province was officially constituted in 1915.[4]
There was a magazine until 1939.[5]
The diocesan Bishop of Perth is ex officio metropolitan bishop of the province and therefore also an archbishop. The current (2018) metropolitan of the province is the Most Revd Kay Goldsworthy, Archbishop of Perth.
References
edit- ^ Ralli, R. A (1973), Western Australia showing Anglican dioceses of the Province of Western Australia as at 1973, R.A. Ralli, retrieved 4 August 2024
- ^ "The Anglican Church". The West Australian. Vol. XXX, no. 3, 846. Western Australia. 12 August 1914. p. 6. Retrieved 4 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Anglican Church". The West Australian. Vol. XXX, no. 3, 871. Western Australia. 8 September 1914. p. 9 (Second Edition.). Retrieved 4 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ History Archived 26 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Anglican Diocese of Perth website.
- ^ It had also titles of Kalgoorlie quarterly and North-West magazine:- Church of England. Province of Western Australia (1900), The magazine of the Province of Western Australia, Western Australian Provincial Council, retrieved 4 August 2024
Further reading
edit- Smith, John H; University of Western Australia. Department of History (1994), A native born clergy of our own : a study of theological education in the Anglican Province of Western Australia 1829-1985, retrieved 4 August 2024
- Williams, A. E. (Albert Edward); Anglican Church of Australia. Province of Western Australia (1989), West Anglican way : the growth of the Anglican Church in Western Australia from its early beginnings, Province of Western Australia of the Anglican Church of Australia, ISBN 978-0-7316-6801-4