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{{Short description|Diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia}}
{{For|the Roman Catholic church in the region|Roman Catholic Diocese of Sandhurst}}
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The '''Anglican Diocese of Bendigo''' is a [[diocese]] of the [[Anglican Church of Australia]]. It is situated in the [[City of Greater Bendigo|Bendigo region]] of the state of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]. Its geographic remit extends from that part of Victoria that lies north of the [[Great Dividing Range]] and west of the [[Goulburn River (Victoria)|Goulburn River]] to the border with the state of [[South Australia]]. The diocesan cathedral is [[St Paul's Cathedral, Bendigo]]. The diocese was separated from the Diocese of Melbourne in 1902, with [[Henry Langley (bishop)|Henry Archdall Langley]] installed as the first bishop. The current bishop, [[Matthew Brain|Matt Brain]], was installed on 17 February 2018.

==History==
The diocese was separated from the Diocese of Melbourne in 1902, at the same time as the creation of the dioceses of [[Diocese of Wangaratta|Wangaratta]] and [[Diocese of Gippsland|Gippsland]]. In 1977, the [[Anglican Diocese of St Arnaud|Diocese of St Arnaud]], which had been separated from the [[Anglican Diocese of Ballarat|Diocese of Ballarat]] in 1926, was disbanded and merged with Bendigo.

The original cathedral church of the diocese was All Saints, [[Bendigo]], but since 1981 the cathedral church has been [[St Paul's Cathedral, Bendigo|St Paul's]]. Since 17 February 2018, the [[Anglican Bishop of Bendigo|Bishop of Bendigo]] has been Matt Brain.

The Gannawarra Cluster is an initiative by the diocese to provide a team of locally ordained clergy to offer ministry to three geographically connected [[parish]]es, Cohuna, Kerang, and Quambatook.

==Bishops of Bendigo==
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==Deans of Bendigo==
* 1902 [[John Christian MacCullagh]] (1st Dean of Bendigo)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webjournals.ac.edu.au/journals/adeb/m_/maccullagh-john-christian-1832-1917/ |title=MacCullagh, John Christian (1832-1917) |publisher=webjournals |access-date=16 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405041100/http://webjournals.ac.edu.au/journals/adeb/m_/maccullagh-john-christian-1832-1917/ |archive-date=5 April 2015 }}</ref>
* 1917 [[Wilfred Percival|Wilfred Ernest Holtzendorff Percival]]
* 1928 [[Donald Haultain]]
* 1932 [[Edward Schweiger]]
* 1940 [[Wilfred Dau|Wilfred Frederick Dau]]
* 1951 [[Charles Hulley|Charles Frederick Hulley]]
* 1956 [[Charles Riley (bishop of Bendigo)|Charles Lawrence Riley]]
* 1957 [[Ronald Richards (bishop)|Ronald Edward Richards]]
* 1973 Alex G. McKenzie
* 1980 Ray Elliott
* 1986 John Bedford
* 1989 - 1993 John W. Stewart
* 2006 [[Peta Sherlock]]
* 2012 [[John Roundhill]]
* 2018 Elizabeth Dyke

==See also==
*[[South East Bendigo]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.bendigoanglican.org.au/ The Diocese of Bendigo website]
* [http://www.stpaulsbendigo.org.au/ St Paul's Cathedral, Bendigo]
* [http://www.southeastbendigo.com/ Parish of South East Bendigo]
* [http://gannawarra.wordpress.com/ Gannawarra Cluster]

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