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 9136 appointments with either a start, finish or both dates lacking,   meaning they are not included. Submissions encouraged.
  5. There are 1046 appointments with no start or end dates.
  6. These figures are continuosly updated.

Length of Tenure Number of Clergy Percentage
Up to 1 year 1715 5.1%
Between 1 & 2 years 5521 16.4%
3 years 5445 16.2%
4 years 5325 15.9%
5 years 4089 12.2%
6 years 2824 8.4%
7 years 1778 5.3%
8 years 1414 4.2%
9 years 904 2.7%
10 years 741 2.2%
11 years 679 2%
12 years 446 1.3%
13 years 374 1.1%
14 years 329 1%
15 years 215 0.6%
16 years 196 0.6%
17 years 205 0.6%
18 years 169 0.5%
19 years 128 0.4%
20 years 97 0.3%
21 years 102 0.3%
22 years 95 0.3%
23 years 65 0.2%
24 years 76 0.2%
25 years 60 0.2%
26 years 66 0.2%
27 years 49 0.1%
28 years 46 0.1%
29 years 36 0.1%
30 years 33 0.1%
31 years 53 0.2%
32 years 37 0.1%
33 years 27 0.1%
34 years 21 0.1%
35 years 27 0.1%
36 years 27 0.1%
37 years 23 0.1%
38 years 22 0.1%
39 years 14 0%
40 years 19 0.1%
41 years 15 0%
42 years 4 0%
43 years 10 0%
44 years 4 0%
45 years 14 0%
46 years 9 0%
47 years 9 0%
48 years 5 0%
49 years 5 0%
50 years 3 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