"When a bishop is consecrated, the laying of hands may be done by all the bishops present."
A bishop is consecrated through the laying on of hands by several bishops.
When he died he was the Church's most senior bishop, having been consecrated 63 years earlier.
The first bishop of Australia's newest diocese was consecrated in 1968.
Each bishop was consecrated when nine ministers of the uniting churches laid their hands upon his head.
A bishop consecrated after an uncanonical election shall be deposed.
The diocese's first bishop, Charles Abraham, was consecrated in 1858.
He was the 147th bishop consecrated in The Episcopal Church.
It appears likely that he was a native of Italy, along with all the other bishops consecrated by Augustine.
He was the 448th Episcopal bishop consecrated in the United States.