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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 John Charles McIntyre
ThL Ridley ACT 1975; BD London 1976; MTh ACT 1990 d 1977 (Melb); p 1978 (Melb); Asst C (Dandenong) 1977-79; PiC (Thomastown) 1979-82; I 1982 – 83; Lect Ridley 1983-90; PiC p/t (Port Melbourne) 1988-90; R (Sth Syd) 1990-2006; AD (Sth Sydney) 2003-2006; Episcopally Ordained St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne on 11 February 2006, installed as the 11th Bishop of Gippsland in the Cathedral Church of St Paul's Sale on 18th February 2006.
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.
2001 - 2006 J. W. Driver