The Diocese of Goulburn was excised out of the Diocese of Sydney in 1863. At that time, it extended to the south and west of Goulburn to the south-western corner of New South Wales (south of the 34th degree of latitude). In 1884, the diocese was divided, with the western portion designated as the major part of the newly created Diocese of Riverina. In 1950, the name of the remaining part of the diocese was changed to Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn, and in 1986, the area around and including Albury was subsumed into the Diocese of Wangaratta.[2]
St Saviour's Cathedral, the mother church of the diocese, is located in Goulburn, New South Wales. Both the diocesan bishop and the diocesan office are located in Canberra, Australia's national capital, which is 87 kilometres to the south of Goulburn.[3]
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 at St Saviour’s Cathedral, Goulburn on 31 March 2012.[8][9][10] The then Archbishop of Sydney, Peter Jensen, who would normally be expected to consecrate the new bishops, asked the Bishop of Newcastle, Brian Farran, to take his place because Jensen opposes the ordination of women.[11] Blackwell was the third woman to become an Anglican bishop in Australia and the 31st in the world.[11]
Bishop Genieve Blackwell had served as Bishop of the Marmingatha Episcopate in the Diocese of Melbourne since her appointment in 2015.
Bishop Ian Lambert has served as Assistant Bishop to the Australian Defence Force since his appointment in 2013.
Archdeacon Matt Brain was consecrated bishop by Bishop Stuart Robinson on 18 June 2015 and served as Assistant Bishop in the diocese of Canberra and Goulburn until his appointment as Bishop of Bendigo in 2018. Bishop Trevor Edwards is serving the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn as Episcopal Administrator until the Consecration of the Reverend Mark Short ad Diocesan Bishop in St Saviour's Cathedral Goulburn on 6 April 2019.
Assistant bishops
Kenneth John Clements was Archdeacon of Goulburn before his consecration to the episcopate as the first bishop coadjutor in the Diocese of Goulburn on 29 June 1949. He succeeded, becoming diocesan Bishop of Grafton in 1956. Five years later he was translated to (by then renamed) Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn.
Allan Warren was consecrated an assistant bishop within the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn on 21 September 1965, and on 15 November 1971 was elected its diocesan bishop.
Owen Douglas was the Archdeacon of Canberra when he was consecrated assistant bishop in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn on 25 March 1981, and on 15 November 1983 was elected its diocesan bishop.
Richard Randerson served as Assistant Bishop of Canberra & Goulburn from his consecration on 21 December 1994 until 1999, when he became vicar-general of Auckland (and later assistant bishop).[12]
Ian George was an Assistant Bishop, 1989–1991; and Godfrey Fryar, 2003–2013. Trevor Edwards served as assistant bishop from 2004 and Vicar-General from 2009 to 2019.[15]
^"Bishops". Anglican Diocese of Canberra & Goulburn. Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
^"Episcopal overseer for deacons"(PDF). Anglican News: The Newspaper of the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. Vol. 29, no. 3. Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. May 2012. p. 3. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
^"Clergy Moves"(PDF). Anglican News: a magazine for the Anglican community of Canberra and Goulburn. Vol. 39, no. 3. Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. April 2022. p. 3. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
Diocesan Profile(PDF). Canberra, ACT: Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. 2018. Archived from the original(PDF) on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
