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On these pages you will find information about the life, mission and workings of the Church which is present in communities large and small in 23 dioceses across the country.

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Anglicans have been present in Australia for nearly two hundred and thirty years, ministering through parish communities, education and welfare.

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The life and mission of the Church is guided by ordained clergy – bishops, priests and

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The Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia is Archbishop Philip Freier, Archbishop of Melbourne.

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Prayer Diary

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Religious Orders serving within the Anglican Church of Australia

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Tighter restrictions on home gatherings push fellowship online

Mar 25, 2020

A number of new restrictions on gatherings mean that home groups are no longer possible according to government COVID-19 guidelines.

Australian Church News

Cathedrals lead historic prayer amid COVID-19 pandemic

Mar 19, 2020

For the first time since the second world war, Anglican Cathedrals in Sydney, Parramatta and Wollongong will lead public prayer for their cities as the effects of the pandemic grow.

“We have lost a great champion for the gospel”

Mar 5, 2020

Long-serving Sydney Bishop, Ivan Lee, has passed away more than four years after being diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. Bishop Lee died last night (4th March) at Greenwich Hospital, where he had been receiving palliative care.

Former colonel to be Bishop to the Defence Force

Feb 13, 2020

A former soldier has been announced as the new Anglican Bishop to the Defence Force. The Rev. Grant Dibden, a graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, has been approved by the Minister for Veteran Affairs and Defence Force Personnel to be the Anglican...

Bishop Stephen Pickard’s Sermon at Church Service to commemorate parliamentary year

Feb 6, 2020

The Executive Director of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture and Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn, the Right Reverend Professor Stephen Pickard, gave the homily at the church service to commemorate the beginning of the...