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 9231 appointments with either a start, finish or both dates lacking,   meaning they are not included. Submissions encouraged.
  5. There are 1053 appointments with no start or end dates.
  6. These figures are continuosly updated.

Length of Tenure Number of Clergy Percentage
Up to 1 year 1930 5.5%
Between 1 & 2 years 5720 16.4%
3 years 5711 16.4%
4 years 5506 15.8%
5 years 4191 12%
6 years 2891 8.3%
7 years 1814 5.2%
8 years 1446 4.2%
9 years 932 2.7%
10 years 761 2.2%
11 years 687 2%
12 years 454 1.3%
13 years 387 1.1%
14 years 337 1%
15 years 222 0.6%
16 years 200 0.6%
17 years 211 0.6%
18 years 172 0.5%
19 years 129 0.4%
20 years 100 0.3%
21 years 104 0.3%
22 years 100 0.3%
23 years 66 0.2%
24 years 76 0.2%
25 years 61 0.2%
26 years 68 0.2%
27 years 50 0.1%
28 years 47 0.1%
29 years 36 0.1%
30 years 34 0.1%
31 years 53 0.2%
32 years 37 0.1%
33 years 28 0.1%
34 years 21 0.1%
35 years 27 0.1%
36 years 30 0.1%
37 years 26 0.1%
38 years 22 0.1%
39 years 15 0%
40 years 20 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