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Year Book 2018 YEAR BOOK 2018 VOLUME II YEAR BOOK of the Diocese of Brisbane Province of Queensland Anglican Church of Australia 2018 VOLUME II Including: CLERICAL DIRECTORY PARISH INFORMATION SYNOD SERMON THE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS SYNOD MINUTES DIOCESAN DIRECTORY 3 Published at the Diocesan Registry St Martin’s House 373 Ann Street Brisbane (GPO Box 421, Brisbane, QLD 4001) NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA ISSN 0812-5058 Anglican Church Southern Queensland Telephone (07) 3835 2222 Printed by Kingswood Press Telephone (07) 3208 1122 Cover picture: 2018 Ordination: (L-R) The Rev'd Scott Windred, Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, The Rev'd Timothy Nicholson, The Rev'd Rosemary Gardiner, The Rev'd Zoe Browne, The Rev'd Deborah Bird Back cover: Students at St Francis College 4 Table of Contents The Diocese of Brisbane ................................................ 8 St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane ..................................... 10 History & Report ............................................................. 10 Map of the Queensland Province ................................ 21 Photos of Ordination 2018 ........................................... 22 Diocese of Brisbane 2018 ............................................ 24 Organisational Structure ................................................ 24 The Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist, Brisbane .............................................. 26 Organisational Structure ................................................ 26 Officers of the Synod ................................................... 28 Diocesan Council .......................................................... 28 Diocesan Leadership Team ......................................... 28 Legal Committee .......................................................... 29 Diocesan Audit & Risk Committee ............................. 29 Professional Standards Board .................................... 29 Professional Standards Committee ........................... 29 Cathedral Chapter ........................................................ 30 Committee of Elections & Qualifications ................... 30 Archbishop Election Committee ................................. 30 Diocesan Nominators .................................................. 30 Board of Enquiry under the Tribunal Canon ............. 31 Panel of Triers under the Tribunal Canon .................. 31 5 Commissioners under the Benefices Avoidance Canon ......................................................... 31 Provincial Council ......................................................... 31 Provincial Synod Representatives ............................. 31 General Synod ............................................................... 32 Finance & Diocesan Services Commission ............... 32 Diocesan Insurance Fund Board of Management .......... 32 Ministry Education Commission ............................... 32 The Brookfield Advisory Group ...................................... 33 St John’s College Council ........................................... 33 Anglican Schools Commission ................................... 33 Anglican Church Grammar School Council .................... 33 Cannon Hill Anglican College Council ............................ 34 Coomera Anglican College Council ............................... 34 Forest Lake & Springfield Anglican Colleges (FSAC ltd) Council ..........................................................34 Fraser Coast Anglican College Council ......................... 34 St Andrew’s Anglican College Council ........................... 34 St Hilda’s School Council ............................................... 35 St Luke’s Anglican School Council ................................. 35 St Paul’s School Council ................................................ 35 The Glennie School Council........................................... 36 The Southport School Council ....................................... 36 The Toowoomba Anglican College & Preparatory School Council ................................................................. 36 West Moreton Anglican College Council........................ 36 Anglican Community Services Commission .............. 37 Parishes & Other Mission Agencies Commission ..... 37 The Hospital Ministry Steering Committee ..................... 37 Archbishop’s Advisory Committee on Building & Furnishings................................................. 37 Anglican Board of Mission Committee ....................... 38 Social Responsibilities Committee ............................ 38 6 Anglican Committee for Ecumenical Affairs ............ 38 Clergy Biographical Information ............................... 39 Lay Ministers Biographical Information ................... 120 Lay Ministers Licensed in the Diocese of Brisbane . 124 Archdeaconries & Area Deaneries .......................... 125 Northern Region ............................................................ 125 Southern Region ........................................................... 126 Western Region ............................................................ 127 Regional Bishops, Archdeacons & Area Deans ...... 128 Parish Information ..................................................... 133 Chart of Australian Dioceses ..................................... 182 Synod Sermon ............................................................. 184 President’s Address ................................................... 188 Synod Minutes ............................................................. 207 Canons ........................................................................ 229 Synod Roll – Lay Members 2018 .............................. 239 Diocesan Statistics ..................................................... 246 Liturgical Assistants ................................................... 249 Diocesan Directory Index ........................................... 270 Diocesan Directory .................................................... 271 7 The Diocese of Brisbane The Diocese of Brisbane is coterminous with Southern Queensland. Its area is 542,000 sq.km, and its population is about half of the entire population of the State which is estimated at four million. The members of the Anglican Church of Australia form about 25% of this number. There are 517 clergy and 303 churches. On 14 June, 1859, Dr Edward Wyndham Tufnell was consecrated first Bishop of Brisbane, and arrived here in September 1860, to exercise Episcopal control in the newly formed Colony of Queensland. The Bishop arrived to find the work in the Diocese maintained by the utterly inadequate staff of three clergy. To these must be added the six clergy the Bishop brought with him. When, after fourteen years’ strenuous pioneer work, the Bishop resigned, he left a staff of 26 clergy and a Diocese equipped and furnished with all the needful machinery for Diocesan administration. In 1874, when Bishop Tufnell resigned, the Synod of the Diocese failing to elect a successor or to delegate the power of appointment to the Church at home, the appointment of his successor lapsed to the Bishops of Australia and Tasmania, by whom the Right Reverend Mathew Blagden Hale, Bishop of Perth, was nominated. Bishop Hale was translated to Brisbane in 1876. During the episcopate of Bishop Hale, which lasted eight years, the Diocese of North Queensland was formed. In the year 1878 the Rev’d George Henry Stanton, then Vicar of St Giles in the Fields, was consecrated Bishop of the new Diocese, and arrived in Queensland in 1879. In 1884, when Synod was called upon to elect a successor as bishop in succession to Bishop Hale, the choice was delegated to the Archbishop of Canterbury, which resulted in the consecration of the Rev’d William Thomas Thornhill Webber, on St Barnabas’ Day, 1885. The Bishop was enthroned by the Primate in St John’s Pro-Cathedral on 17 November 1885. When the Bishop arrived he found 33 clergy working in the Diocese; on his death, in the year 1903, the number had risen to 57. The episcopate of Bishop Webber is well remembered for two great outward achievements – the creation of the Diocese of Rockhampton and the successful launching of the Cathedral project. On SS Philip and James’ Day 1889, the Venerable Nathaniel Dawes, Archdeacon of Brisbane, was consecrated Coadjutor-Bishop of the Diocese, with special oversight over the Northern portion, and when four years later the See of Rockhampton was formed, Dr Dawes was elected its first Bishop. When, in 1903, the choice of Bishop was delegated to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Rev’d St Clair George Alfred Donaldson was nominated to the vacant See. Archbishop Donaldson resigned from 15 November 1921. The Right Rev’d Gerald Sharp was elected to fill the vacancy by the Archbishop Election Committee, and was enthroned in St John’s Cathedral on 16 November 1921. He remained in charge of the Diocese as Archbishop until the day of his death, 30 August 1933. 8 In November 1933, the Archbishop Election Committee met in Brisbane and elected the Rev’d John William Charles Wand, Dean of Oriel College, Oxford. Archbishop Wand was consecrated in St Paul’s Cathedral, London, on Tuesday, 1 May 1934, and on Wednesday, 5 September, was enthroned in St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane. He resigned on 31 July 1943, on his appointment as Bishop of Bath and Wells. On 3 November 1943, having been elected by the Archbishop Election Committee, the Right Rev’d Reginald Charles Halse, Bishop of Riverina, was enthroned in St John’s Cathedral, Brisbane. He remained in charge of the Diocese as Archbishop
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