Welcome...
to the Anglican Diocese
of Rockhampton Website
The Anglican Church across Central Queensland
The Rockhampton Diocese is included in the Province of Queensland and is one of the 23 dioceses making up the Anglican Church of Australia.
The diocese covers an area of approximately 57million hectares, roughly four times the size of England and Wales, and contains nearly the whole central division of Queensland.
The population of the Diocese is 216,000 of whom approximately 48,000 indicate that they are Anglicans.
Recent Events
Bishop Godfrey recently hosted a time of prayer and fellowship
for Anglican and Catholic clergy at Lis Escop.
POSITIONS VACANT : PRIESTS NEEDED
The Bishop is seeking priests, able to serve in the Diocese of Rockhampton.
Moranbah/Clermont. This is a ministry to the large mining town of Moranbah and the rural and mining town of Clermont. The ministry also involves ministry to isolated farming and cattle properties.
Gladstone. This is a large and pleasant industrial city on the coast. The position is for a second priest member of the Ministry Leadership team. The Ministry Leadership Team has been established for the last few years and will from 2010 comprise two priests and three lay members. The team members are equals and form the corporate 'incumbent' of the parish. The priest we are seeking must be a team player.
St Paul's Cathedral Rockhampton. The Bishop is seeking a new Dean from 2010. This is a role for a senior priest with good pastoral leadership, liturgical skills, and the capacity to relate to the city community.
Expressions of interest should be addressed to The Bishop of Rockhampton, PO Box 6158, CQMC, Rockhampton QLD. 4702, or by email to bishop@anglicanrock.org.au
WORSHIP
In each of our communities the ministries of worship, word, sacrament, pastoral care, initiation and outreach are vital parts of parish life. Sunday worship and mid-week worship services are held in cities and country towns, in churches and community halls. In remote communities, prayer services with sermons and homilies are offered by licenced Lay Ministers when clergy are not available.
An overview of the Diocese of Rockhampton
From the beginning of the Diocese of Rockhampton in 1892 we have had to be innovators in order to make sure ministry was provided for our people in areas of scattered population. This led to the formation of the first Bush Brotherhood in Australia at Longreach in 1897. It was a response in an era of the Church being established.
Most of the intervening years between then and recent times were a pastoral era in which the Church, having been established maintained a traditional ministry structure of separate parishes each with their own priest taking care of their people and many of those in the wider community.
In the last few years we have had to respond to some very different circumstances from those in the eras of establishment and pastoral consolidation. The provision of ministry in this new missionary time has continued, but in a whole variety of ways in different places.
Today our Diocese has to deal with expansion in coastal cities and urban areas, an explosion in coal mining beyond anything we have seen before, continuing grazing and farming areas and an ongoing decline in population in the west.
In many areas we are no longer able to maintain a traditional pattern of ministry, in other places we have continued to value it, and in some where we could have continued, we have chosen to work in a different way.
Today the patterns of ministry in The Diocese of Rockhampton present a multi faceted appearance, all under the care of the Bishop.
- Traditionally structured parishes with a resident diocesan priest.
- Parishes led by a Ministry Leadership Team.
- Parishes led by Lay Ministers and Church Wardens
- Chaplaincies to scattered communities.
- Chaplaincies to particular ministry sectors.
- Partnerships between neighbouring parishes.
- Parishes re-establishing ministry under outside oversight.
- Parishes being empowered through the oversight of a District Priest Enabler.
- Parishes led by a local priest.
- Ministry with Indigenous people
- A large Anglicare service provider.
In each of our communities the ministries of worship, word, sacrament, pastoral care, initiation and outreach are continuing. Sunday worship and mid-week worship services are held in cities and country towns, in churches and community halls. The Diocese approaches its calling with joy and dedication always alert to respond to new ministry opportunities as they arise in our pathway and in our dreams.
PROFESSIONAL STARDARDS
This Diocese has adopted "Faithfulness in Service"
Allegations of Abuse
A protocol has been established to respond to any complaints of abuse within parishes and agencies of the Anglican Diocese of Rockhampton. Anyone wishing to seek assistance should telephone The Director of Professional Standards Mr Rod McLary on 07 3835 2266
