The Diocese of Kalgoorlie was a diocese of the Church of England in Australia (now the Anglican Church of Australia[1]). It covered much of the Goldfields-Esperance region in Western Australia, and existed from the consecration of its first bishop in 1914[2] until its re-absorption back into the Anglican Diocese of Perth in 1973.[3] At that point the Kalgoorlie diocese was reported to contain only eight parishes, and was financially unviable as a separate entity.[4]
Diocese of Kalgoorlie | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Territory |
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| Ecclesiastical province | Western Australia |
| Metropolitan | Archbishop of Perth |
| Coordinates | 30°44′40.9″S 121°28′23.0″E / 30.744694°S 121.473056°E |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Established | 1914 |
| Dissolved | 1973 |
| Cathedral | St John the Baptist, Kalgoorlie |
| Parent church | Church of England in Australia |
The cathedral was St John the Baptist, Kalgoorlie, which before and after the separate existence of the diocese was the parish church of Kalgoorlie.[5]
Bishops
| Tenure | Name | Notes |
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| 1914–1919 | Cyril Golding-Bird[6] | first diocesan bishop |
| 1919–1950 | William Elsey[7] | |
| 1950–1967 | Cecil Muschamp[8] | |
| 1967–1973 | Denis Bryant[9] | fourth and final diocesan bishop; later Assistant Bishop of Perth[10] |
