List of Bishops and Archbishops of Melbourne
Bishops of Melbourne | |||
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From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
1847 | 1876 | Charles Perry | Declined to return after a visit to the United Kingdom. |
1876 | 1886 | James Moorhouse | Translated to Manchester. |
1887 | 1901 | Field Flowers Goe | |
1902 | 1905 | Lowther Clarke | Became Archbishop of Melbourne in 1905. |
Archbishops of Melbourne | |||
1905 | 1920 | Lowther Clarke | Bishop of Melbourne until 1905. |
1921 | 1929 | Harrington Lees | Died in office. |
1929 | 1941 | Frederick Head | Died in office. |
1942 | 1956 | Joseph Booth | Previously coadjutor bishop in Melbourne (Bishop of Geelong) since 1934. |
1958 | 1977 | Sir Frank Woods | Translated from Middleton; also Primate of Australia from 1971; knighted in 1972. |
1977 | 1983 | Robert Dann | Previously coadjutor bishop in Melbourne since 1969. |
1984 | 1989 | David Penman | Previously coadjutor bishop in Melbourne since 1982; died in office. |
1990 | 1999 | Keith Rayner | Previously Bishop of Wangaratta, then Archbishop of Adelaide; also Primate of Australia from 1990. |
2000 | 2005 | Peter Watson | Previously Bishop in Parramatta and then of the Southern Region (both in Sydney diocese). |
2006 | present | Philip Freier | Translated from the Northern Territory. |
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