The Anglican Diocese of Rockhampton is a diocese of in the Province of Queensland

Province of Queensland

The Province of Queensland is an ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Church of Australia, the area of which covers that of the Northern Territory and the state of Queensland. The province consists of four dioceses: Brisbane, North Queensland, The Northern Territory and Rockhampton. The...

 and one of the 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia

Anglican Church of Australia

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. The diocese covers an area of approximately 57 million hectares, roughly twice the size of New Zealand and four times the size of England and Wales. The diocese contains nearly the whole central regions of Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

. The population of the diocese is 216,000 of whom approximately 48,000 indicate that they are Anglicans. The diocese has 20 parishes and ministry districts, with the largest parish bigger than the State of Victoria. The cathedral church of the diocese is St Paul's Cathedral in Rockhampton

Rockhampton, Queensland

Rockhampton is a city and local government area in Queensland, Australia. The city lies on the Fitzroy River, approximately from the river mouth, and some north of the state capital, Brisbane....

. The current Bishop of Rockhampton is the Right Reverend Godfrey Fryar.

History

The Diocese of Rockhampton traces its history unbroken through the beginnings of the Anglican Church in Australia back to the establishment of Christianity in England in the first and second centuries. The Rockhampton diocese was formed in 1892 from the Diocese of Brisbane

Anglican Diocese of Brisbane

The Anglican Diocese of Brisbane is based in Brisbane, Australia. The diocesan bishop's seat is St John's Cathedral, Brisbane. The current Archbishop of Brisbane is the Most Reverend Phillip Aspinall, who is also the Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia.The diocese stretches from the inner...

 and its first bishop was Bishop Nathaniel Dawes. The diocese celebrated its centenary in 1992.

Area

The diocese reaches across central Queensland, between the Diocese of Brisbane to the south and the Diocese of North Queensland to the north. It stretches from the east coast of Australia to the Northern Territory border, with its northern border being a straight line just north of the town of Moranbah and its southern region including the localities of Boyne Island, Biloela, Moura, Tambo and Blackall. Named after its main city of Rockhampton the tiocese also includes the cities and towns of Gladstone, Yeppoon, Gracemere, Mt Morgan, Middlemount, Dysart, Blackwater, Springsure, Emerald, Clermont, Barcaldine, Longreach, Winton, Bedourie and Boulia.

Bishops of Rockhampton

First Bishop	1892–1908	Nathaniel Dawes Nathaniel Dawes Nathaniel Dawes was the first Anglican Bishop of Rockhampton from 1892 until 1909.Dawes was educated at St Alban Hall, Oxford and ordained in 1871. His first post was as a curate at St Peter’s Vauxhall after which he was Vicar of Charterhouse before emigrating to Australia to become the Rector of...
Second Bishop	1909–1920	George Halford George Halford George Dowglas Halford was the second Anglican Bishop of Rockhampton from 1909 until 1920.Halford was educated at Felsted and Keble College, Oxford...
Third Bishop	1921–1927	Philip Crick Philip Crick Philip Charles Thurlow Crick was the Anglican Bishop of Rockhampton in Australia from 1921 until 1927 and the Bishop of Ballarat until 1935.Crik was born into a clerical family on 18 November 1882 and educated at Winchester and Pembroke College, Cambridge...
Fourth Bishop	1928–1946	Fortesque Ash Fortesque Ash Fortescue Leo Ash was the fourth Anglican Bishop of Rockhampton in Australia from 1928 until 1946.Ash was born in Springfield, New South Wales on 26 August 1882, educated at St. Paul's College, Sydney and ordained in 1910...
Fifth Bishop	1947–1958	James Housden
Sixth Bishop	1959–1963	Theodore McCall
Seventh Bishop	1964–1971	Donald Shearman
Eighth Bishop	1971–1980	John Grindrod John Grindrod Sir John Basil Rowland Grindrod KBE was an Anglican bishop and the Primate of Australia from 1982 to 1989....
Ninth Bishop	1981–1996	George Arthur Hearn
Tenth Bishop	1996–2003	Ronald Stone Ronald Stone Ronald Francis "Ron" Stone AM was the tenth Bishop of Rockhampton in the Anglican Church of Australia from 1996 to 2003....
Eleventh Bishop	2003 - current	Godfrey Fryar Godfrey Fryar Godfrey Charles Fryar is the eleventh and current Bishop of Rockhampton in the Anglican Church of Australia.Fryar was educated at All Souls' Charters Towers and ordained in 1973. He was a Bush Brother until 1976 after which he held incumbencies in Rockhampton, Mackay and Stafford, Queensland. ...

Current bishop

Godfrey Fryar was ordained as a deacon in 1973 and as priest in 1974. He was ordained as a bishop in 1998 as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. He served in the parishes of Longreach, Cunnamulla, Quilpie, Dawson Valley, North Rockhampton, North Mackay and Stafford. He was the Dean of the Canberra and Goulburn diocese and the regional bishop of Wagga Wagga and the diocese's vicar-general. He was enthroned as the Bishop of Rockhampton in St Paul's Cathedral on 13 December 2003.

Ministries

Chaplaincies: Hospital, Correctional Centre, Police, Mission to Seafarers

Aboriginal And Islander Anglican Ministry: Woorabinda, Murri Wodja

Anglican Regional Ministry

External links

• http://www.anglicanrock.org.au/