History of the Diocese

The first Bishop Arthur Wellesley Pain was consecrated on 20th May, 1902 and the Diocese began its active existence with his installation on 10th July, 1902. 

Gippsland is included in the Province of Victoria, and is one of the constituent Dioceses of the Anglican Church in Australia. The Diocese covers the south-eastern corner of Victoria. 

The Bishop - The Right Reverend J. W. Driver

BISHOP: The Right Reverend Jeffrey William Driver 
ThL ACT 1977; Th.Schol ACT 1983; MTh SCD 1991
d 1977; p 1978 (Bathurst); C (Reservoir) 1977; C (Orange) 1978 – 81; R (Mid-Richmond – Grafton) 1981 – 85; R (Jamison) 1985 – 89; R / Archdeacon (Young) 1989 – 1995; Exec Dir St M / Archdeacon 1995 – 97; R St Paul’s Manuka (Canberra / Goulburn 1997 – 2001; Diocesan Archdeacon 2001; Chair Anglicare (Canberra / Goulburn) 2001; Episcopally Ordained St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne on the17 November 2001, installed as the 10th Bishop of Gippsland in St Paul's Cathedral Sale 22nd December 2001

Bishopscourt 
4 Cranswick Crescent 
(PO Box 928) Sale 3850 

Wife - Lindy 
Telephone Office (03) 5144 2044
Home (03) 5144 2046 

Former Bishops 

1902 - 1917 Arthur Wellesley Pain, DD 
1917 - 1942 George Harvard Cranswick, BA, DD 
1942 - 1954 Donald Burns Blackwood, MC, VD, MA, ThD
1955 - 1958 Edwin John Davidson, BA, ThD 
1959 - 1974 David Arthur Garnsey, MA, ThD 
1975 - 1980 Graham Richard Delbridge, ThL, ThSchol, MACE
1980 - 1987 Neville James Chynoweth, ThL, BA, MA 
1987 - 1994 Colin Davies Sheumack, ThL 1994 - 2001 Arthur Vivian Lucas Jones ThL, ThScol, BD, ThD, STh, BA, Grad Dip R E, MA, PhD.

Diocesan Registry 

453 Raymond Street

Sale Victoria 3850 ( P O Box 928)
Hours - 9am to 5pm - Mon. to Fri

Phone - 03 5144 2044 or 03 5144 2248
Facsimile - 03 5144 7183