In 2019, the diocese voted in favour of a motion authorizing a blessing rite for same-sex unions.[1] In November 2020, the Appellate Tribunal, the church's highest court, ruled that a diocese may authorize blessing rites for same-sex unions, allowing the Wangaratta motion to go into effect.[2][3]
The cathedral church of the diocese is Holy Trinity Cathedral,Wangaratta. The land on which the church is built was donated to the parish by William Henry Clark, a pioneer of Wangaratta. Thefoundation stone was laid in 1908 by BishopArthur Green, theBishop of Ballarat, and was dedicated on 24 August 1909. A second section was built between 1922 and 1924. The building was faced in locally quarriedgranite to a design by theEnglisharchitectWalter Butler. The baptistery, designed by the church architectLouis Williams, was completed in 1965.
Holy Trinity Cathedral, Wangaratta
The cathedral houses eightchange ringing bells. Cast in 1806 byJohn Rudhall, they are the oldest "complete" ring of bells inAustralia.[4] They were originally housed inSt. George's Church, Bolton, and were first rung in 1987 once a tower had been built to house them.[5] The currentorgan was built in 1902 byHenry Willis & Sons and is the fourth instrument to be housed in the cathedral.
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