The diocese was founded by letters patent of 25 June 1847[1][2] and now forms part of the Province of South Australia, together with the Diocese of Willochra (1915) and the Diocese of The Murray (1969). Since 1970, the Bishop of Adelaide, as the senior bishop of the province (known as the metropolitan), has borne the title of archbishop.
Jeffrey Driver retired as Archbishop of Adelaide in 2016.[3] Following a process of nomination, an election synod held in December 2016 resolved to invite Geoffrey Smith, then an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Brisbane, to be the 10th Archbishop of Adelaide.[4] He was installed on 28 April 2017.[5] On 7 April 2020, Smith was elected as the Primate of Australia, the first Archbishop of Adelaide to hold the office.[6]
Tim Harris - ordained (consecrated) as an assistant bishop and Bishop for Mission and Evangelism in 2011[10] and became bishop administrator during the 2016–2017 vacancy in the see.[11]
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