Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne
| Diocese of Melbourne | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Victoria |
| Archdeaconries | Box Hill, Dandenong, Frankston, Geelong, Kew, La Trobe, Maroondah, Melbourne, Port Philip & Bayside & Kingston North, Stonnington & Glen Eira, and The Yarra |
| Coordinates | 37°49′1″S 144°58′3″E / 37.81694°S 144.96750°ECoordinates: 37°49′1″S 144°58′3″E / 37.81694°S 144.96750°E |
| Information | |
| Rite | Anglican |
| Cathedral | St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne |
| Current leadership | |
| Archbishop | Philip Freier |
| Suffragans |
Paul Barker, Jumbunna Episcopate Philip Huggins, Oodthenong Episcopate Genieve Blackwell, Marmingatha Episcopate Brad Billings, Monomeeth Episcopate |
| Website | |
| melbourne.anglican.com.au | |
The Anglican Diocese of Melbourne is the metropolitan diocese of the Province of Victoria in the Anglican Church of Australia. The diocese was founded from the Diocese of Australia by letters patent of 25 June 1847 and includes the cities of Melbourne and Geelong and also some more rural areas. The cathedral church is St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne. The ordinary of the diocese is the Archbishop of Melbourne, Philip Freier, who was translated from the Anglican Diocese of The Northern Territory.
The Diocese of Melbourne is divided into three areas of episcopal care in which assistant bishops exercise a pastoral role on behalf of the Archbishop. There are currently four assistant bishops. These areas are divided into archdeaconries, with further subdivision into area deaneries. The fourth (Monomeeth, Bishop Brad Billings) has responsibilities across the whole of the Diocese and has a particular focus on people, culture and wellbeing.
Following consultation with the Wurundjeri people of Melbourne, local Indigenous names have been used for the areas of episcopal care. The three areas of care are: Marmingatha (Bishop Genieve Blackwell), covering the inner city, especially along major transport corridors; Oodthenong (Bishop Philip Huggins), covering the northern and western growth areas in Greater Melbourne and Geelong; and Jumbunna (Bishop Paul Barker), covering parishes south of the Yarra and to the east, including the South-East Growth Corridor. Marmingatha means “being with the divine or supreme being”; Oodthenong means “gathering”; and Jumbunna means “speaking out” or “proclamation”. Monomeeth means "rightness, wellness and goodness". Together, they comprise the Woi Wurrung equivalent of the diocesan vision of Making the Word of God fully known through “gathering in the divine presence to speak out and proclaim”.
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