Anglican Diocese of Melbourne
Diocese of Melbourne | |
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Coat of arms | |
| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Victoria |
| Archdeaconries | Box Hill, Dandenong, Frankston, Geelong, Kew, La Trobe, Maroondah, Melbourne, Port Philip & Bayside & Kingston North, Stonnington & Glen Eira, and The Yarra |
| Coordinates | 37°49′1″S 144°58′3″E / 37.81694°S 144.96750°E |
| Information | |
| Rite | Anglican |
| Cathedral | St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne |
| Current leadership | |
| Archbishop | Ric Thorpe |
| Assistant bishops | Genieve Blackwell (Marmingatha Episcopate) Paul Barker (Jumbunna Episcopate) Kate Prowd (Monomeeth Episcopate) Vacant (Oodthenong Episcopate) |
| Website | |
| melbourneanglican.org | |
The Anglican Diocese of Melbourne is the metropolitan diocese of the Province of Victoria in the Anglican Church of Australia. The diocese was founded from the Diocese of Australia by letters patent of 25 June 1847 and includes the cities of Melbourne and Geelong and also some more rural areas. The cathedral church is St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne.
The incumbent archbishop of the diocese is Ric Thorpe, who was elected on 24 May 2025 and installed on 30 November 2025. He was translated from the Diocese of London, where he was the suffragan Bishop of Islington.