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Archbishop of Brisbane elected Anglican Primate of Australia

Archbishop of Brisbane elected Anglican Primate of Australia

The Most Rev Phillip Aspinall, Archbishop of Brisbane was elected Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia by the Board of Electors of the Primate which comprises diocesan bishops, and representative clergy and lay members of the General Synod

11 July 2005

New Assistant Bishop for Diocese of Malaita

New Assistant Bishop for Diocese of Malaita

The 16th Diocesan Synod of the Diocese of Malaita has elected the Rev'd Alfred Hou as the Assistant Bishop of the Diocese.

01 July 2005

Volunteers Run Program For Sudanese Refugees

Volunteers Run Program For Sudanese Refugees

In 2000, Melbourne University student Matthew Albert, and his friend Anna Grace Hopkins, answered a request on a noticeboard at All Saints Church in Footscray to help a Sudanese family who had recently arrived in Australia.

10 June 2005

Press Release from the Diocese of Adelaide

Press Release from the Diocese of Adelaide

We are pleased to announce that the Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide elected the Bishop of Gippsland, the Right Reverend Jeffrey Driver, as Archbishop of Adelaide on Saturday 21 May 2005.

27 May 2005

New Bishop of Hanuato'o Consecrated

The Revd Jonnie Kuper was consecrated and installed as the second Bishop of Hanuato'o Diocese at Kira Kira, Makira on Sunday April 10th

29 April 2005

Pacific Islanders in New Zealand celebrate

Pacific Islanders in New Zealand celebrate

Pacific Islanders gathered at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Parnell last night (Sunday, April 17) to celebrate their first locally-based Anglican bishop. The Rt Revd Dr Winston Halapua, who was born in Tonga, but a Fiji citizen, has been installed as the first Bishop for the Diocese of Polynesia in New Zealand.

19 April 2005

Archbishop dedicates provincial flagship

Archbishop dedicates provincial flagship

The Archbishop of Melanesia, the Most Rev'd Sir Ellison Pogo, re-dedicated and blessed the Province's flagship in Honiara in the Solomon Islands on March 23, 2005. This is the address he delivered.

01 April 2005

Re-inventing the cathedral

Re-inventing the cathedral

Dean of Sydney Phillip Jensen is implementing an ambitious plan to rebuild St Andrew's Cathedral one spiritual brick at a time, beginning with a business bible study starting next Tuesday.

01 April 2005

Synod elects the next Bishop of Newcastle

Synod elects the next Bishop of Newcastle

The Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle has elected the next Bishop of Newcastle at the end of its first day of business.

11 March 2005

School named in honour of archbishop

School named in honour of archbishop

During the Archbishop's ministry and under his leadership, the Anglican Schools Commission (ASC) was formed in 1985 and six new low-fee co-educational schools were established in the Perth and Bunbury Dioceses. Today these schools accommodate 7000 students from Kindergarten -12.

09 March 2005