Bishop John Ford | Country Australia | |
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Ecclesiastical province Province of South Australia Archdeaconries The Murray
Fleuireu Peninsula Denomination Anglican Church of Australia Cathedrals St John the Baptist Cathedral, Murray Bridge, Murray Bridge | ||
The Anglican Diocese of The Murray is located in the south-eastern region of South Australia, taking in the Fleurieu Peninsula, Riverland, Adelaide Hills, Murraylands and the southern suburbs of Adelaide. In 2011 the diocese had 22 parishes or pastoral districts. The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Murray Bridge.
The previous Bishop of The Murray was Ross Davies, who relinquished the position in September 2010 and was received into the Roman Catholic Church. John Ford, the Bishop suffragan of Plymouth in the Church of England's Diocese of Exeter, was installed as the new bishop on 6 December 2013.
The Diocese of The Murray is a traditionalist Anglo-Catholic diocese that does not ordain women to the priesthood. It is also the only diocese in the Anglican Church of Australia to not ordain women as deacons either.