Anglican Diocese of North West Australia

Diocese of North West Australia
Location
Ecclesiastical province	Western Australia
Statistics
Parishes	18
Information
Rite	Anglican
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Geraldton
Current leadership
Bishop	Gary Nelson
Website
anglicandnwa.org

The Anglican Diocese of North West Australia is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia. The diocese covering 2 million km² of Western Australia, north of Perth, is geographically the largest Anglican diocese in Australia and the largest land-based diocese in the world. The population of the area of about 150,000 people.

The diocese has 18 parishes and three Mission to Seafarers’ ministries and the cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Geraldton.

The Diocese of Perth was established in 1857, but the Diocese of Northern Australia (which became known by the present name in 1961) was not brought into existence until 1910.

The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, located in Cathedral Avenue Geraldton, Western Australia.

The cathedral building was built in 1964 to a design by architects McDonald and Whitaker. The brick modernist style building has a star shaped footprint and is said to resemble Coventry Cathedral in England. Internally the cathedral has extensive stained glass and an organ built by Allen Organ Company.

The Diocese of North West Australia is noted for its Evangelical stance and no women serve as priests.

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