Seven bishops based in Melbourne have written to Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews asking him to reconsider plans to legalise euthanasia. Here is the letter, which was published as an advertisement in the Herald-Sun on 31 July 2017.
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Bishop Taylor will return to Melbourne, where she was a vicar and archdeacon, and begin doctoral research in 2018.
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This year during World Refugee Week, the Anglican Alliance has joined other Christian bodies to make a common statement on respecting the dignity and rights of refugees.
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Two Australian bishops reject Dr Freier's advice and join consecration of a bishop outside the Anglican Communion Australia’s Anglican Primate, Archbishop Philip Freier of Melbourne, has expressed regret at the decision of two Australian bishops to participate in the consecration of a bishop for the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), which is not in communion with the Australian church or the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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The results of the latest national Census reveal we’re a religiously diverse nation, with Christianity remaining the most common religion (52 per cent of the population). Islam (2.6 per cent) and Buddhism (2.4 per cent) were the next most common religions reported. Nearly a third of Australians (30 per cent) reported in the Census that they had no religion in 2016. The number of Australians identifying as Anglican has dropped to 13.3 per cent from 17.1 percent in 2011. A comparative report on the number of Anglicans reported in the Census since 1962 has been collated by Colin Reilly of the Diocese of Melbourne. See here.
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The Anglican Board of Mission and Anglican Overseas Aid have been selected to join the Australian Humanitarian Partnership, set up by the Australian government, with the aim of responding rapidly to global crises. The partnership has a particular focus on Pacific preparedness and resilience work.
BISHOP Kay Goldsworthy has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in the Queen's Birthday Honours List
Mr Garth Blake SC has been appointed Chair of the Anglican Communion’s Safe Ministry Commission. Mr Blake is the Chair of the General Synod’s Professional Standards Commission and the Royal Commission Working Group. He has been a long contributor to safe ministry policy development in Australia and internationally.
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The Anglican Primate of Australia, Melbourne Archbishop Philip Freier, has thanked the Federal Government for deciding to review a deportation order against 80 Coptic Christians because they face systemic violence and persecution in Egypt.
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Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Philip Freier, has invited Christians to "come and hear the wonders of God" in his 2017 Pentecost message.
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'Fake refugees' claim unjust and unbecoming of a government minister, says churches' group
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On Sunday May 21 2017, a full Cathedral congregation celebrated and thanked Bishop Greg for his leadership as he laid up his pastoral staff.
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Bishop Mabo was the National Torres Strait Islander Bishop between 2002 – 2015
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The seven female bishops of the Provinces of the Anglican Church Australia and of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia have used their first ever meeting to speak out “for the well-being of girls and women across the Anglican Communion.” The Bishops have served in the Anglican Episcopate for various lengths of time ranging from less than 2 years to more than 23 years.
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Bishop Geoff Smith was installed as the 10th Bishop and 5th Archbishop of Adelaide and Metropolitan of South Australia during a special service at St Peter's Cathedral on the night of Friday 28 April 2017.
Statement by Archbishop Philip Freier, Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia and Archbishop of Melbourne
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