Diocese of Sydney | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Territory | |
| Ecclesiastical province | New South Wales |
| Metropolitan | Archbishop of Sydney |
| Coordinates | 33°52′26″S 151°12′22″E / 33.87389°S 151.20611°E |
| Statistics | |
| Churches | 400+[1] |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Rite | |
| Cathedral | St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney |
| Current leadership | |
| Parent church | Anglican Church of Australia |
| Archbishop | Kanishka Raffel |
| Assistant bishops | 6 assistant bishops |
| Dean | Sandy Grant[1] |
| Bishops emeritus | |
| Website | |
| Diocese of Sydney | |
 Logo of the Diocese | |
The Diocese of Sydney is a diocese in Sydney, within the Province of New South Wales of the Anglican Church of Australia. The majority of the diocese is evangelical and low church in tradition.[2]
The diocese goes as far as Lithgow in the west and the Hawkesbury River in the north, and it includes much of the New South Wales south coast. It encompasses Australia's largest city as well as the city of Wollongong, and includes Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.[3] It is, geographically, among the larger Anglican dioceses in the world, though the smallest diocese in the state of New South Wales and one of the smaller dioceses in Australia. By attendance, it is also by far the largest diocese in the Anglican Church of Australia; in 2011, its 58,300 weekly attenders[4] accounted for 37.6 percent of the Anglican Church's weekly attendance of 155,000,[5] and in 2015, the diocese's 688 active clergy accounted for 28.1 percent of the active clergy across the church.[5] As of 2023, the diocese reported that 48,000 adults, or about one percent of the total population in its boundaries, regularly attend services at Diocese of Sydney churches.[6]
Kanishka Raffel, formerly Dean of St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney since 4 February 2016, was elected as Archbishop of Sydney on 6 May 2021,[7][8] and was consecrated and installed in that position on 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Senior Clergy: Sandy Grant". Anglican Media Sydney. 9 December 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Jensen, Michael (1 September 2011). "Are Sydney Anglicans actually Anglicans?". ABC Religion and Ethics. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ Powell, Russell (26 July 2019). "Long term ministry on the farthest edge of the Sydney diocese". Sydney Anglicans. Anglican Diocese of Sydney. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ Gupta, Raj (30 December 2013). "Anecdotes and Statistics". SydneyAnglicans.net. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ a b Reilly, Colin (2017). "A little compendium of Australian Anglican diocesan statistics" (PDF). Bishop Perry Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ LeBlanc, Douglas (30 August 2023). "Sydney Anglicans Look Westward for Parishes' Futures". The Living Church. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ Powell, Russell (6 May 2021). ""Like every Christian, I gladly trust in Jesus."". Sydney Anglicans. Anglican Diocese of Sydney. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ McEachen, Ben (6 May 2021). "Why they picked Kanishka Raffel as new Sydney Anglican Archbishop". Eternity News. Retrieved 6 May 2021.