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 8534 appointments with either a start, finish or both dates lacking,   meaning they are not included. Submissions encouraged.
  5. There are 965 appointments with no start or end dates.
  6. These figures are continuosly updated.

Length of Tenure Number of Clergy Percentage
Up to 1 year 1512 4.9%
Between 1 & 2 years 5088 16.5%
3 years 4954 16%
4 years 4806 15.5%
5 years 3764 12.2%
6 years 2631 8.5%
7 years 1681 5.4%
8 years 1323 4.3%
9 years 857 2.8%
10 years 704 2.3%
11 years 634 2.1%
12 years 419 1.4%
13 years 354 1.1%
14 years 303 1%
15 years 195 0.6%
16 years 182 0.6%
17 years 196 0.6%
18 years 155 0.5%
19 years 122 0.4%
20 years 92 0.3%
21 years 100 0.3%
22 years 86 0.3%
23 years 61 0.2%
24 years 72 0.2%
25 years 58 0.2%
26 years 62 0.2%
27 years 46 0.1%
28 years 45 0.1%
29 years 35 0.1%
30 years 30 0.1%
31 years 50 0.2%
32 years 35 0.1%
33 years 27 0.1%
34 years 18 0.1%
35 years 24 0.1%
36 years 26 0.1%
37 years 23 0.1%
38 years 21 0.1%
39 years 12 0%
40 years 19 0.1%
41 years 15 0%
42 years 4 0%
43 years 10 0%
44 years 4 0%
45 years 13 0%
46 years 9 0%
47 years 9 0%
48 years 5 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