The Anglican Diocese of St Arnaud was a diocese of the Church of England in Australia (now the Anglican Church of Australia[1]), in the Mallee and Wimmera regions of north-west Victoria.[2][3] It was created in 1926 out of the Diocese of Ballarat[4] and named after the town of St Arnaud. In 1976 it was amalgamated into the Diocese of Bendigo.[5]
Diocese of St Arnaud | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Territory | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Victoria |
| Metropolitan | Archbishop of Melbourne |
| Coordinates | 36°36′59″S 143°15′18″E / 36.61639°S 143.25500°E |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Established | 1926 |
| Dissolved | 1976 |
| Cathedral | Christ Church, St Arnaud |
| Parent church | Church of England in Australia |
Bishops
- Melville Charles James (1926-50)[6]
- Allen Ernest Winter (1951-73)[7]
- David Hubert Warner Shand (1973-76),[8] who was also the dean.[9]
Archdeacons of St Arnaud
Incomplete list
- Frederic Morgan-Payler (1930-35)
- HD Campbell (1935-38)[10] [11] (also Vicar of Christ Church)[12]
- Edmund Franklin Cooper (1939-40)[13] [14] (also Vicar of Christ Church)[15]
- R Gearing (1941-45) (also Vicar of Christ Church)[16]
- Ernest Joseph Lees (1945-54) [17]
- John Burnett (1965-68)
- John Burnett (1970-72)
- John Aylmer Leaver (1973-74) [18] (also Vicar of Christ Church, 1966-74)[19]
Cathedral
The cathedral church was Christ Church, St Arnaud, now known as Christ Church Old Cathedral.[20] The church was designed by F. M. Moore and built in 1864 in a Victorian unpainted brick Early English Gothic style.[21]
