Bishop of Ballarat | |
|---|---|
| Bishopric | |
| anglican | |
 Coat of arms of the diocese | |
| Incumbent: Garry Weatherill since 5 November 2011 | |
| Style | The Right Reverend |
| Location | |
| Country | Australia |
| Ecclesiastical province | Victoria |
| Information | |
| First holder | Samuel Thornton |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Established | 1875 |
| Diocese | Ballarat |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Christ the King, Ballarat |
| Website | |
| ballaratanglican.org.au | |
The Bishop of Ballarat is the diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Ballarat, Australia. [1]
| Bishops of Ballarat | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
| 1 | 1875 | 1900 | Samuel Thornton | Returned to England and became an honorary assistant bishop in Manchester. |
| 2 | 1901 | 1915 | Arthur Green | Translated from Grafton and Armidale. |
| 3 | 1917 | 1927 | Maxwell Maxwell-Gumbleton | Returned to England and became an honorary assistant bishop in Ipswich; later Bishop of Dunwich. |
| 4 | 1927 | 1935 | Philip Crick | Translated from Rockhampton. |
| 5 | 1936 | 1960 | William Johnson | Previously Dean of Newcastle. |
| 6 | 1961 | 1975 | William Hardie | Previously Dean of Newcastle. |
| 7 | 1975 | 1993 | John Hazlewood | Previously Dean of Perth. |
| 8 | 1994 | 2003 | David Silk | Previously Archdeacon of Leicester; returned to England and became an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Exeter and, subsequently, a Roman Catholic priest. |
| 9 | 2003 | 2010 | Michael Hough | Previously Bishop of the New Guinea Islands (1996–1998), Bishop of Port Moresby (1998–2001) |
| 10 | 2011 | present | Garry Weatherill [2] | Translated from Willochra. |
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