Current Bishops
The diocesan bishop is the Rt Revd Stuart Robinson, who was elected 10th bishop of the diocese on 1 November 2008 (All Saints' Day). He was consecrated and enthroned at St Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn on 31 January 2009. Trevor Edwards (bishop) was consecrated assistant bishop on 12 June 2004.
The consecration of Genieve Blackwell, formerly the Archdeacon for Goulburn and Rural Ministry, as part-time assistant bishop for the region of Wagga Wagga, the North-West and South-West (also becoming the Archdeacon of Wagga Wagga) and Ian Lambert, formerly the Archdeacon for the South Coast and Monaro, as part-time assistant bishop for the region of the Coast, Southern Monaro and the Snowy (also remaining as archdeacon) took place in St. Saviour’s Cathedral, Goulburn on Saturday 31 March, 2012 at 11.00am.The Archbishop of Sydney, Peter Jensen, who would normally be expected to consecrate the new bishops, asked the Bishop of Newcastle, Dr Brian Farran, to take his place because Jensen opposes the ordination of women. Blackwell became the third woman Anglican bishop in Australia and the 31st in the world.
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