Anglican Archbishop of Sydney

Archbishop of Sydney
Archbishopric
anglican
Coat of arms of the Diocese
Incumbent: Kanishka Raffel Since 28 May 2021
Style	The Most Reverend
Location
Country	Australia
Ecclesiastical province	New South Wales
Residence	Sydney (formerly Bishopscourt, Darling Point (1911–2015))
Information
First holder	William Broughton
Denomination	Anglican
Established	Bishopric in 1836 Archbishopric in 1897
Diocese	Sydney
Cathedral	St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney
Website
Sydney Anglicans

The Archbishop of Sydney is the diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, Australia and ex officio metropolitan bishop of the ecclesiastical Province of New South Wales.

From 1814 to 1836 the colony of New South Wales was part of the Diocese of Calcutta. In 1836, the Diocese of Australia was formed and the first bishop of Australia enthroned. By letters patent of 25 June 1847,^[1] the Diocese of Australia was split into their four dioceses, one of which being the Diocese of Sydney and its bishop the Bishop of Sydney. The Diocese of Sydney has been led by an archbishop since 1897. Since the first creation of another province within Australia in 1905, the archbishop has also been ex officio metropolitan of the Province of New South Wales.

The archbishop of Sydney is currently assisted by five regional assistant bishops.

On 6 May 2021, Kanishka Raffel, Dean of St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney since 4 February 2016, was elected as the next archbishop.^[2][3]