William Grant Broughton

Archdeacon of New South Wales
First Bishop of Australia (1836 - 1859)

1847 Diocese of Newcastle formed
1848

William Tyrrell consecrated Bishop of Newcastle

Newcastle Diocese extended theoretically north to Wide Bay/Burnett District and included Moreton Bay, Darling Downs, Maranoa, County of Stanley (including Brisbane and Ipswich)

1859

Diocese of Brisbane formed

Northern boundary extended west from Rockhampton to Northern Territory Border and south to boundary with New South Wales

Edward Wyndham Tufnell consecrated

 

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