Anglican Diocese of St Arnaud
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The Anglican Diocese of St Arnaud, Australia was an Anglican diocese
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
in north-west Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
from 1926 to 1976 when it was amalgamated into the Anglican Diocese of Bendigo
Anglican Diocese of Bendigo
The Anglican Diocese of Bendigo comprises much of the central and most of the north-central and north-west regions of Victoria, Australia, roughly the area of Victoria north of the Great Dividing Range and west of the Goulburn River. The cathedral church of the diocese is St Paul's Cathedral in...
..The first bishop was Melville Charles James
Melville Charles James
Melville Charles James was an Australian Anglican Bishop. Ordained in 1902, he was Vicar of St Peter, Ballarat and after that Archdeacon of Maryborough, then Ballarat, before his elevation to the episcopate.-References:...
, the next was Allen Ernest Winter
Allen Ernest Winter
Allen Ernest Winter was the long serving second Anglican Bishop of the former Diocese of St Arnaud in north-west Victoria....
and the last David Hubert Warner Shand
David Hubert Warner Shand
David Hubert Warner Shand was the third and last Anglican Bishop of St Arnaud.Shand was born into an ecclesiastical family, educated at The Southport School and the University of Queensland and after wartime service with the AIF ordained in 1949...
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