Anglican Church of Australia

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Anglican church Christian denomination member church of the Anglican Communion

The Anglican Church of Australia is a Christian denomination in the Anglican Communion, known for its episcopal structure, liturgical worship, and significant historical and cultural influence across Australia.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Australian Anglican Church	1
Church of England in Australia	1

Statements (77)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anglican church ⓘ Christian denomination ⓘ member church of the Anglican Communion ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Anglican Church of Australia ⓘ surface form: Australian Anglican Church
associatedWith	Anglican Schools Commission ⓘ Anglicare Australia ⓘ
churchPolity	episcopal polity ⓘ
communion	Anglican Communion ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
currentPrimate	Geoffrey Smith ⓘ
denomination	Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism
doctrine	historic creeds of Christianity ⓘ
formerName	Anglican Church of Australia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Church of England in Australia
foundingCentury	19th century ⓘ
governance	synodical government ⓘ
governingBody	General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia ⓘ
hasBishopsConference	House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Australia ⓘ
hasDiocese	Anglican Diocese of Adelaide ⓘ Anglican Diocese of Armidale ⓘ Anglican Diocese of Ballarat ⓘ Anglican Diocese of Bathurst ⓘ Anglican Diocese of Bendigo ⓘ Anglican Diocese of Brisbane ⓘ Anglican Diocese of Bunbury ⓘ Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn ⓘ Anglican Diocese of Gippsland ⓘ Anglican Diocese of Grafton ⓘ Anglican Diocese of Melbourne ⓘ Anglican Diocese of Newcastle ⓘ Anglican Diocese of North Queensland ⓘ Anglican Diocese of North West Australia ⓘ Anglican Diocese of Perth ⓘ Anglican Diocese of Riverina ⓘ Anglican Diocese of Rockhampton ⓘ Anglican Diocese of Sydney ⓘ Anglican Diocese of Tasmania ⓘ Anglican Diocese of The Murray ⓘ Anglican Diocese of Wangaratta ⓘ Anglican Diocese of Willochra ⓘ Anglican Diocese of the Northern Territory ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Moore Theological College ⓘ St Mark's National Theological Centre ⓘ Trinity College Theological School ⓘ
hasMinistry	bishops ⓘ deacons ⓘ priests ⓘ
hasNationalSynod	General Synod ⓘ surface form: General Synod of the Anglican Church of Australia
hasPrimate	Primate of Australia ⓘ
hasProvince	New South Wales ⓘ surface form: Province of New South Wales Queensland ⓘ surface form: Province of Queensland Province of South Australia ⓘ Province of Tasmania ⓘ Province of Victoria ⓘ Province of Western Australia ⓘ Northern Territory ⓘ surface form: Province of the Northern Territory
headquartersLocation	Sydney ⓘ
languageOfWorship	English ⓘ
liturgicalTradition	Anglican liturgy ⓘ
ordinationOfWomen	permitted for priests in most dioceses ⓘ
ordinationOfWomenAsBishops	permitted in several dioceses ⓘ
originatedAs	colonial extension of the Church of England ⓘ
primaryCathedral	St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney ⓘ
primaryHolyBook	Bible ⓘ
primateTitle	Archbishop of Adelaide ⓘ
recognisesSacraments	Holy Eucharist ⓘ surface form: Eucharist baptism ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
separatedFrom	Church of England ⓘ
socialInfluence	significant in Australian education ⓘ significant in Australian health care ⓘ significant in Australian social services ⓘ
theologicalSpectrum	Anglo-Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Catholic broad church ⓘ evangelical ⓘ
usesBook	A Prayer Book for Australia ⓘ Book of Common Prayer ⓘ
worshipStyle	liturgical worship ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anglican Church of Australia → alsoKnownAs → Anglican Church of Australia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Australian Anglican Church

Geelong Grammar School → denomination → Anglican Church of Australia ⓘ

Book of Common Prayer → denominationalUse → Anglican Church of Australia ⓘ

Anglican Church of Australia → formerName → Anglican Church of Australia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Church of England in Australia

ECUSA → isInCommunionWith → Anglican Church of Australia ⓘ

Anglican rite → usedBy → Anglican Church of Australia ⓘ