Bishops and Archbishops

The settlement of Moreton Bay, later known as Brisbane, was originally part of the Diocese of Newcastle. The Right Reverend William Tyrrell was the first Bishop of Newcastle. In 1859 the Diocese of Brisbane was established and the Right Reverend Edward Wyndham Tufnell was appointed as the first Bishop of Brisbane. The Right Reverend St Clair George Alfred Donaldson became the first Archbishop of Brisbane when the Province of Queensland was established in 1905. Each photograph shows date of incumbency of the Bishops and Archbishops in the Diocese of Brisbane.

For further details, view the Diocesan timeline.

Bishops

William Tyrrell Up to 1859	Edward Wyndham Tufnell 1859 - 1874	Mathew Blagden Hale 1875 - 1885	William Thomas Thornhill Webber 1885 - 1903

Archbishops

St Clair George Alfred Donaldson 1904 - 1921	Gerald Sharp 1921 - 1933	John William Charles Wand 1934 - 1943	Reginald Charles Halse 1943 - 1962

Philip Nigel Warrington Strong 1963 - 1970	Felix Raymond Arnott 1970 - 1980	John Basil Rowland Grindrod 1980 - 1989	Peter John Hollingworth 1990 - 2001

Phillip John Aspinall 2002 - current