Anglican Diocese of Adelaide


The Anglican Diocese of Adelaide is based in Adelaide, South Australia. The diocese is a part of the Province of South Australia of the Anglican Church of Australia and a part of the Anglican Communion. The diocesan cathedral is St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide.
The diocese was founded by letters patent of 25 June 1847 and now forms part of the Province of South Australia, together with the Diocese of Willochra and the Diocese of The Murray. Since 1970, the Bishop of Adelaide, as the senior bishop of the province, has borne the title of Archbishop.
The Most Reverend Jeffrey Driver retired as Archbishop of Adelaide in 2016,. Following a process of nomination, an Election Synod held in December 2016 resolved to invite Geoffrey Smith, then the Assistant Bishop of the Diocese of Brisbane, to be the 10th Archbishop of Adelaide. He was installed on 28 April 2017. On 7 April 2020 Smith was elected as the Primate of Australia, the first Archbishop of Adelaide to hold the office.

List of Bishops and Archbishops of Adelaide

Assistant bishops

was consecrated coadjutor bishop in 1959. Lionel Renfrey was an assistant bishop of the diocese in 1988.
The current assistant bishops in the diocese are:
In 1866, there was one archdeaconry: W. J. Woodcock was Archdeacon of Adelaide.