(a) With reference to the Archbishop's comments in his Presidential address on church planting outside the Diocese and his comments on possibly finding ordination candidates in colleges other than Moore College -

(i) Since January 1994 how many men ordained Deacon or Priest in the Sydney Diocese, are now working as ordained ministers in Anglican Dioceses in Australia other than Sydney Diocese?

(ii) Which Dioceses are they now serving in?

(iii) How many of these ex-Sydney men are now serving as Deacons or Priests in each of the dioceses in Question 1(b) above, since January 1994?

(b) (i) Since January 1994 how many men ordained Deacon or Priest in an Australian Anglican Diocese other than Sydney are now working as ordained ministers in the Sydney Diocese?

(ii) Which Dioceses were they ordained in?

(iii) How many men, ordained Deacon or Priest in a diocese other than Sydney, have come to Sydney and have been licensed to work as Deacons or Priests, from each of the Dioceses in question 2 (b) above, since January 1994?

To which the President replied -

I am advised the answers are as follows -

The structure of part (a) of the question is difficult to answer but in response to (ii) and (iii) -

There is a total of 33 Deacons and Priests who were ordained in Sydney and now serving in other dioceses.

The Dioceses they are now serving are -

Adelaide 7 
Armidale 1 
Bathurst 2 
Bendigo 1 
Brisbane 1 
Canberra & Goulburn 4 
Melbourne 4 
Newcastle 3 
North Queensland 1 
North West Australia 3 
Perth 4 
Tasmania 2

In response to part (b)

(i) 3

(ii) Armidale, Brisbane and Melbourne

(iii) Armidale 8, Brisbane 1, Melbourne 1

Since 1994, at least 26 clergy who were ordained Deacon or Priest have moved into the Diocese that were ordained elsewhere within Australia prior to 1994. This includes the above figures.