21 September 1914: consecration of Reginald Stephen (1860-1956), previously Dean of Melbourne, at St Andrew's Cathedral Sydney, to succeed John Mercer as sixth Bishop of Tasmania. #anglican #111years E S Hughes of St Peter's Eastern Hill (Melbourne) preached. Our fourth bishop born in Australia.
13 September 1914: the Very Rev. Reginald Stephen (1860-1956) leads his final service at St Paul's Cathedral, concluding four years of ministry as third Dean of Melbourne (official date of resignation 31 August). #anglican #111years Heading to Sydney to be consecrated Bishop of Tasmania.
11 September 1914: installation of the Rev. Canon Charles John Godby (1850-1919), Vicar of St George's Malvern 1880-1910, at St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne, as fourth Dean of Melbourne. #anglican #111years No.27 among the Australian Deans.
This photo was taken on 10 September 1914, in Perth, to mark the opening of the first WA Provincial Synod. #anglican #111years Read on for more on the identity of the two laymen on either side of Archbishop Riley. Note the chaplains behind each bishop, with croziers.
11 August 1914: Archbishop of Sydney John Wright, as Primate of Australia, signs the necessary documentation to establish the ecclesiastical Province of Western Australia, comprising the dioceses of Perth, Bunbury, North West Australia, and Kalgoorlie. #anglican #111years
21 July 1914: opening of the first Synod of the Diocese of Armidale, following the separation with the Diocese of Grafton. #anglican #111years Keeping the old numbering (of the Diocese of Grafton & Armidale... and the bishop!), the first Session of the 16th Synod met in Tamworth.
20 June 1914: opening of the first Synod of the Diocese of Grafton, following its separation from Armidale into an independent diocese. #anglican #111years This year's Grafton Synod falls on 27-29 June.
21 May 1914: the Rt Revd Cyril Henry Golding-Bird (1874-1955) installed and enthroned in the Pro-Cathedral of St John the Baptist as first Bishop of Kalgoorlie. #anglican #111years "Many were to then be seen who can, by no stretch of imagination, be termed regular churchgoers"
14 May 1914: birth (Brisbane QLD) of Tom William Thomas, who served at St Paul's Cathedral as 11th Dean of Melbourne 1962-1984 (retired 14 May, 70th birthday). #anglican #111years Obiit 17 August 1999. Vicar at St John's Camberwell 1949-1962. AIF Chaplain 1942-1946.
St Mark's Day (25 April) 1914: consecration of the Very Rev. Cyril Henry Golding-Bird (1874-1955), Dean of Newcastle, at St Andrew's Cathedral Sydney, to be first Bishop of the new Diocese of Kalgoorlie. #anglican #111years No.59 in the Australian episcopate.
19 April 1914, the first Sunday after Easter: Archbishop Henry Lowther Clarke re-opens St James' Old Cathedral on its new site in West Melbourne. A visit to the oldest church in Melbourne (founded in 1839), is a must, if you are in the city! #anglican #111years
6 April 1914: the Very Rev. Nathaniel Lyndon Parkyn (1851-1931) resigns after 14 years of service at Christ Church Cathedral as second Dean of Ballarat. Still holds the record for the longest service in that office. #anglican #111years Returned to UK as incumbent at All Saints Blackpool.
31 March 1914: the Rt Revd John Edward Mercer (1857-1922) resigns after 12 years as fifth Bishop of Tasmania. Heading back to the UK to be Canon Residentiary at Chester Cathedral. #anglican #111years Let's hope there were no displays of "evanescent emotionalism" upon his departure!
26 March 1914: the Rt Revd Cecil Henry Druitt (1875-1921), previously Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Grafton and Armidale, installed and enthroned in Christ Church Cathedral as first Bishop of Grafton. #anglican #111years Commemorated www.bdc.nsw.edu.au
20 March 1914: birth (London) of William Pye Baddeley, who served at St John's Cathedral as fifth Dean of Brisbane 1958-1967 (where he was known as the "Racing Dean"). #anglican #111years Obiit 31 May 1998.
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