Clergy length of Appointments

Criteria

This table endevours to show length of Clergy appointments.

  1. Not all appointments commenced & concluded at the start or end of a calendar year.
  2. Some appointments have one or both dates not defined so they are not included.
  3. The one year figure includes most student appointments.
  4. There are 8035 appointments with either a start, finish or both dates lacking,   meaning they are not included. Submissions encouraged.
  5. There are 908 appointments with no start or end dates.
  6. These figures are continuosly updated.

Length of Tenure Number of Clergy Percentage
Up to 1 year 1185 4.4%
Between 1 & 2 years 4593 16.9%
3 years 4444 16.4%
4 years 4224 15.6%
5 years 3305 12.2%
6 years 2264 8.4%
7 years 1415 5.2%
8 years 1134 4.2%
9 years 759 2.8%
10 years 612 2.3%
11 years 554 2%
12 years 356 1.3%
13 years 316 1.2%
14 years 271 1%
15 years 173 0.6%
16 years 159 0.6%
17 years 180 0.7%
18 years 137 0.5%
19 years 110 0.4%
20 years 81 0.3%
21 years 87 0.3%
22 years 74 0.3%
23 years 56 0.2%
24 years 64 0.2%
25 years 55 0.2%
26 years 54 0.2%
27 years 38 0.1%
28 years 38 0.1%
29 years 32 0.1%
30 years 24 0.1%
31 years 46 0.2%
32 years 33 0.1%
33 years 20 0.1%
34 years 16 0.1%
35 years 20 0.1%
36 years 23 0.1%
37 years 23 0.1%
38 years 20 0.1%
39 years 12 0%
40 years 19 0.1%
41 years 14 0.1%
42 years 5 0%
43 years 8 0%
44 years 3 0%
45 years 10 0%
46 years 8 0%
47 years 8 0%
48 years 4 0%
49 years 5 0%
50 years 2 0%


 

 

A selection of the longest serving clergy found to date.

Pastor C.F. Braun, 1890 - 1937 47 years, Trinity Lutheran Blyth S.A.
Pastor H.F.W. Roehrs, 1913 - 1961 48 years, Bethany Lutheran S.A.
Pastor G. Schenk, 1884 - 1932 48 years, Sydney Lutheran N.S.W.
Father M. Nelan, 1863 - 1913, 51 years, St Mary's Catholic Colac VIC
Pastor J W. Georg, 1905 - 1956,  51 years, Trinity Lutheran Rowland Flat SA
Rev W.H. Coombs, 1846 - 1896, 51 years, St Geoge's Anglican Gawler SA
Rev George Goodman, 1854 - 1906, 52 years, Christ Church Anglican Geelong VIC
Pastor R. M. Graebner, 1914 - 1966, 52 years, St Paul's Perth WA
Father Martin Keohan, 1823 - 1876, 54 years, St Paul's Catholic Oatlands TAS
Rev J. Yelverton Wilson 1842 - 1896, 54 years, St Stephen's Anglican Portland VIC
Pastor L Doehler, 1915 - 1970 - 57 years, St Paul's Lutheran Haighslea QLD
Rev Patrick Hayes,  1898 - 1954 57 years, Star of the Sea Catholic Burnie TAS
Father T. J. O'Connell, 1886 - 1945 59 years, Sacred Heart Catholic Tatura VIC