title: Anglican Bishop of Newcastle (Australia)
text: # Anglican Bishop of Newcastle (Australia)
  
  The Bishop of Newcastle is the diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, Australia.
  
  ## List of Bishops of Newcastle
  
  Bishops of Newcastle :
  
  | No | From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1847 | 1879 | William Tyrrell | Installed 26 January 1848; died in office. |
  | 2 | 1880 | 1889 | Josiah Pearson | |
  | 3 | 1890 | 1905 | George Stanton | Translated from North Queensland; died in office. |
  | 4 | 1906 | 1919 | Jack Stretch | Previously Dean of Ballarat, coadjutor bishop of Brisbane and Dean of Newcastle; died in office. |
  | 5 | 1919 | 1928 | Reginald Stephen | Translated from Tasmania. |
  | 6 | 1928 | 1930 | George Long | Translated from Bathurst; died in office. |
  | 7 | 1931 | 1958 | De Witt Batty | Previously Dean of Brisbane and coadjutor bishop of Brisbane. |
  | 8 | 1958 | 1972 | James Housden | Translated from Rockhampton. |
  | 9 | 1973 | 1977 | Ian Shevill | Translated from North Queensland. |
  | 10 | 1978 | 1992 | Alfred Holland | Previously Assistant Bishop of Perth. |
  | 11 | 1993 | 2005 | Roger Herft AM | Translated from Waikato and Taranaki; translated to Perth. |
  | 12 | 2005 | 2012 | Brian Farran | Previously Dean of Rockhampton and an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Perth. |
  | 13 | 2013 | 2017 | Greg Thompson | Translated from the Northern Territory. |
  | 14 | 2018 | present | Peter Stuart | Previously Assistant Bishop of Newcastle. |
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