Province of New South Wales

Ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Church of Australia

Province of New South Wales
Location of the Province (depicted in red) in Australia
ChurchAnglican Church of Australia
Metropolitan bishopArchbishop of Sydney
CathedralSt Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney
DiocesesSeven

The Province of New South Wales is an ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Church of Australia, the boundaries of which are nearly all of the state New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.[1] The province consists of seven dioceses: Armidale, Bathurst, Canberra and Goulburn, Grafton, Newcastle, Riverina and Sydney.

The metropolitan of the province is the Archbishop of Sydney. Kanishka Raffel was elected as Archbishop of Sydney and Metropolitan of New South Wales on 6 May 2021[2][3] and was consecrated and installed in that role on 28 May 2021.

References

  1. ^ "Anglican Church of Australia". World Council of Churches.
  2. ^ Powell, Russell (6 May 2021). ""Like every Christian, I gladly trust in Jesus."". Sydney Anglicans. Anglican Diocese of Sydney. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. ^ McEachen, Ben (6 May 2021). "Why they picked Kanishka Raffel as new Sydney Anglican Archbishop". Eternity News. Retrieved 6 May 2021.

External links

  • List of parishes in New South Wales
  • "About our Diocese". Diocese of Sydney. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
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