Anglican Diocese of Melbourne

What Anglican Diocese of Melbourne does

The Anglican Diocese of Melbourne is a Victorian religious and community-services organisation that coordinates Anglican worship, pastoral care and welfare activity across more than 200 parishes, congregations and faith communities in Melbourne and Geelong. Its core offering is parish ministry supported by institutional chaplaincy (health, aged care, prison, school and tertiary settings with over 100 chaplains), sacramental and life-event services (baptisms, marriages, funerals), and specialised programmes including the Preventing Violence Against Women Program, a comprehensive Disability Action Plan, multicultural and Indigenous ministry, and mandatory Safe Ministry Training delivered through Creating Safer Communities. Governance is exercised through the Synod and the Archbishop in Council under the leadership of Archbishop Dr Ric Thorpe, with the Melbourne Anglican Diocesan Corporation Ltd (MADC, incorporated 2015) acting as the operating company limited by guarantee.

The diocese operates an integrated ecosystem of wholly-owned corporate vehicles: the Melbourne Anglican Trust Corporation (MATC, constituted 1885, governed under the 2018 Act) holds property in trust; the Anglican Development Fund and Anglican Funds Melbourne manage parish and individual savings, cash management and term investments across multiple interest-bearing products; and the Melbourne Anglican Foundation (established 1987) leads charitable fundraising. Service delivery is augmented through strategic partnerships with jointly-controlled agencies including Anglicare Victoria, Brotherhood of St Laurence and Benetas, supplemented by professional-standards oversight via Kooyoora Ltd and academic evaluation partnerships with the University of Melbourne. There is no proprietary technology stack described; operations rely on standard church management systems, donation processing and third-party online training platforms.

The diocese is a registered charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission and derives income from congregational donations, tithes and offerings, returns on its investment funds, and grants raised by the Melbourne Anglican Foundation. Fee-for-service revenue from sacramental ministry is not publicly itemised, and total revenue is not disclosed.

Name

Anglican Diocese of Melbourne

Legal name

The Anglican Diocese of Melbourne

Website

https://melbourneanglican.org.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1856

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

The Anglican Diocese of Melbourne coordinates Anglican worship, pastoral care and community services across 200+ parishes in Melbourne and Geelong, supported by institutional chaplaincy, financial services via the Anglican Development Fund, and charitable fundraising through the Melbourne Anglican Foundation.

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Product category

Religious Organisation and Community Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132)

akta.pro primary industry

Denominational & Ecclesiastical Governance Bodies (Dioceses, Synods, Conferences) (BPAGAJAB)

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Faith-Based Healthcare Ministries (Hospitals, Clinics, Medical Missions) (BPAGAJAH)

Keywords

• Religious services
• Parish ministry
• Chaplaincy services
• Community welfare
• Ecclesiastical governance

Headquarters

HQ city

Melbourne

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Anglican Diocese of Melbourne is a religious nonprofit organization that coordinates Anglican worship, pastoral care, and community ministry across 200+ parishes in Melbourne and Geelong. It delivers baptism, marriage, and funeral services, runs chaplaincy programs in hospitals, aged care, prisons, and schools, and administers financial services (Anglican Development Fund, Anglican Funds Melbourne) and charitable fundraising (Melbourne Anglican Foundation) for the diocese. It operates under the governance of the Archbishop in Council and Synod, with affiliated community agencies extending social service delivery.

Product overview

The Anglican Diocese of Melbourne operates as a religious organization offering a portfolio of spiritual, community, and financial services. Its core offerings include governance through Synod, parish ministry, and chaplaincy services across healthcare, aged care, prison, school, and tertiary settings. Financial services include the Anglican Development Fund (investment and lending for parishes) and Anglican Funds Melbourne (Cash, Yield, and Endowment funds). The Diocese provides training programs including Safe Ministry Training and the Preventing Violence Against Women Program. Additional services include the Melbourne Anglican Foundation (charitable fundraising) and Disability Action Plan initiatives. The organization partners with community agencies including Anglicare Victoria, Brotherhood of St Laurence, and Benetas for social services delivery.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Anglican Development Fund (ADF) An investment and lending fund for parishes and Anglican institutions, raising funds from parishes and Anglican community members and lending to parishes and Anglican organisations for capital developments within the Diocese. Provides Parish Access Savings Accounts (1.40% p.a., minimum $100), Parish Cash Management Accounts (4.60%, minimum $10,000), Term Investment Accounts (3-12 months at 3.25%-3.85%, minimum $1,000), Individual Jubilee Savings Accounts (0.40% p.a., minimum $100), and Jubilee Bonus Accounts (0.65%-0.75% p.a., minimum $5,000).
• Anglican Funds Melbourne Wholesale charitable investment fundraising operations managed by Melbourne Anglican Trust Corporation, comprising three funds: Cash Fund, Yield Fund, and Endowment Fund, providing ethical investment options for Anglican organisations and investors.
• Melbourne Anglican Foundation Charitable foundation established in 1987 that raises funds to facilitate the mission and ministry of the Anglican Church in the Diocese of Melbourne, supporting multiple charitable entities including youth ministry, chaplaincy, and migrant settlement funds. Donors can contribute to maintain a Christian presence in the wider community.
• Safe Ministry Training Mandatory three-yearly training program for all clergy, staff, lay position holders and volunteers covering safe ministry with children and vulnerable people. Three levels are delivered: Safe Ministry Essentials, Safe Ministry with Children, and Safe Ministry Implementation for Senior Leaders, via Creating Safer Communities.
• Preventing Violence Against Women Program A diocesan community program equipping church leaders and communities to respond to and prevent violence against women, delivered in partnership with Anglicare Victoria, Brotherhood of St Laurence, and the University of Melbourne, with the latter conducting a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation plan.
• Disability Action Plan A comprehensive diocesan plan helping Anglican churches become accessible and inclusive communities for people with disability, focusing on physical environment, communication, sensory environment, and community leadership. The plan is supported by a Disability Inclusion Consultant.
• Health and Aged Care Chaplaincy Anglican chaplaincy services delivered in major Victorian hospitals and residential aged care facilities, with over 100 chaplains providing pastoral and spiritual care, coordinated centrally by the Diocese.
• Criminal Justice Ministry (Prison Chaplaincy) Anglican prison chaplaincy services ministering to prisoners throughout Victoria's fourteen prisons and Youth Justice centres, supporting restorative justice initiatives, delivered as part of Anglicare Victoria.
• Baptism Services Sacramental baptism services delivered through parish ministry across the Diocese for individuals and families seeking Anglican baptism.
• Marriage Services Sacramental marriage services delivered through parish ministry across the Diocese for couples seeking Anglican marriage rites.
• Funeral Services Sacramental funeral services delivered through parish ministry across the Diocese for families and individuals seeking Anglican funeral rites.

Quantifiable outcome

• Preventing Violence Against Women Program has been evaluated by University of Melbourne showing positive cultural change within and beyond the Diocese
• +1 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Anglicare VictoriacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor community services agency operating under Anglican auspices. Provides child and family services, youth programs, emergency relief, and family violence support across Victoria. Part of the core community service delivery network for the diocese.
• Brotherhood of St LaurencecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNon-government community organization concerned with social justice. Works for a better deal for disadvantaged people and provides important services for those in need. Long-standing partner in parish partnerships and community ministry.
• BenetascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of Victoria's leading not-for-profit aged care service providers committed to giving individuals the best possible care regardless of financial situation, lifestyle or cultural background.
• Anglican Board of MissionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational mission agency of the Anglican Church of Australia. Works to develop and provide for the spiritual, social and material needs of people overseas and indigenous communities.
• Anglican Overseas AidminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational relief and development agency of the Anglican Church of Australia. Inspired by the Gospel of Christ, vision is for a peaceful, just and sustainable world for all.
• Bush Church AidminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerShares the gospel, builds up the church, and cares for people all around Australia, particularly in rural and remote areas.
• Church Missionary Society (CMS)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMissionary-sending agency working in partnership with local churches in Australia and all over the world. Currently has 192 missionaries in over 35 countries.
• MU AustraliaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of worldwide network with over 4,000,000 members in 81 countries providing spiritual and physical support to powerless, uneducated, and oppressed women and families.
• Kooyoora LtdcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerIndependent Professional Standards company appointed to respond to all complaints of misconduct including sexual, physical, spiritual or emotional abuse by clergy or Church officers. Also undertakes professional standards work for not-for-profit charitable entities.
• Creating Safer CommunitiescoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerProvider of safe ministry training for all clergy and church workers. Delivers three levels of training including Safe Ministry Essentials, Safe Ministry with Children, and Safe Ministry Implementation for Senior Leaders.
• University of MelbournecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeveloped monitoring and evaluation plan for the Preventing Violence Against Women Program (July 2021 – June 2024 phase). Conducted comprehensive evaluation to determine program's value in preventing violence against women within and beyond the Diocese.
• Nungalinya CollegeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe diocese supports Nungalinya College in Darwin which trains Aboriginal priests.
• Melbourne Anglican FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEstablished in 1987 to raise funds to facilitate the mission and ministry of the Anglican Church in the Diocese. Enables the Church to think big about its future and maintain Christian presence in the wider community. Supports multiple charitable entities including youth ministry, chaplaincy, and migrant settlement funds.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Anglican Diocese of Sydney: Largest Anglican diocese in Australia, with parallel synodical governance structure, diocesan funds, and extensive parish network across a major metropolitan region — direct structural peer to the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne.
• Anglican Diocese of Brisbane: Another major Australian Anglican diocese with overlapping archidiaconal structure, synod government, and affiliated community agencies (e.g. Anglicare Southern Queensland) — operates the same product/community-services stack as Melbourne.
• Anglican Diocese of Perth: Western Australian Anglican diocese with comparable parish-network, synod, and diocesan-funds operating model; serves as a useful comparator on a smaller metropolitan scale.
• Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne: The principal non-Anglican mainstream Christian diocese covering the same Melbourne geography with a comparable parish/parish-school/Centacare social-services footprint; competes for the same congregants, school enrolments, and chaplaincy contracts.
• Uniting Church Synod of Victoria and Tasmania: Synod-governed mainline Protestant denomination operating aged-care, community-services and parish networks across the same geographic footprint; very comparable governance and service-delivery model to the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne.
• Anglican Diocese of Adelaide: South Australian Anglican diocese with similar parish-network, synod, and AnglicanFunds/diocesan-finance architecture; comparable scale proxy in a smaller capital city.

Broad incumbents

• Anglican Church of Australia: National coordinating body for all Australian Anglican dioceses, including Melbourne; sets the national canons, professional-standards framework (Professional Standards Uniform Act) and mission agencies that the diocese operates under.
• Salvation Army Australia: Major national faith-based welfare organisation operating in the same Melbourne/Geelong catchment with overlapping chaplaincy, emergency relief, aged-care and family-services delivery; competes for similar government and philanthropic contracts.

Regional players

• Presbyterian Church of Victoria: Smaller mainstream Protestant denomination operating in Victoria with parish and assembly structure; shares the same Melbourne geography but with materially smaller scale and community-services footprint than the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne.
• Baptist Union of Victoria: Convention-governed evangelical denomination operating across Melbourne with congregational (rather than diocesan) polity; partial overlap with the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne in worship services, chaplaincy, and community outreach in the same geographic market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/AnglicanDioceseofMelbourne
• Instagraminstagram.com/anglicandioceseofmelbourne
• Xx.com/melbanglican
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/anglican-diocese-of-melbourne

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Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Subsidiaries8 records

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