Province of Queensland

Province of Queensland
Location of the Province (depicted in blue) in Australia
ChurchAnglican Church of Australia
Metropolitan bishopArchbishop of Brisbane
CathedralSt John's Cathedral, Brisbane
DiocesesFour

The Province of Queensland is an ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Church of Australia; its territorial remit includes the Northern Territory and the state of Queensland. The province consists of four dioceses: Brisbane, North Queensland, The Northern Territory and Rockhampton.[1]

The province was erected in 1905 with the Diocese of Brisbane as its metropolitan see. The incumbent (2023) Metropolitan is Jeremy Greaves, Archbishop of Brisbane.

Prior to Papua New Guinea's independence in 1975 the province also included the Diocese of New Guinea.

References

  1. ^ Anglican Church of Australia. Diocese of Brisbane; Anglican Church of Australia. Diocese of Brisbane (2000), Yearbook of the Diocese of Brisbane : Province of Queensland, Anglican Church of Australia, Anglican Diocese of Brisbane, ISSN 0812-5058


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