Victorian Genealogy
Finding People and Places in Victoria, Australia.
Clergy and ministers of religion may have studied at a university. See University Records.
Also see Churches, Synagogues and Religious Records.
Until 1870 the state funded the salaries of clergy and ministers of religion so records of these payments may be found in government records; it should be noted that not all religions were accepting of state aid.
In 1898 ministers of religion were required to be registered in order to celebrate marriages in Victoria. Unregistered minsters of religion were prevented from celebrating marriages from this time. Upon registration the name of the minister of religion was to be published in the Victorian Government Gazette. A register of registered ministers of religion was to appear in the Victorian Government Gazette at least once every two years. If a minister of religion was prohibited from celebrating marriages a notice was published in the Victorian Government Gazette. See Victorian Government Gazettes.
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT ATTORNEY GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT - LIST OF COMMONWEALTH REGISTERED CELEBRANTS
This includes marriage celebrants who perform religious ceremonies for independent religious organizations as well as marriage celebrants who perform civil ceremonies.
https://www.ag.gov.au/FamiliesAndMarriage/Marriage/Pages/find-a-marriage-celebrant.aspx
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA GENEALOGICAL INDEX OF NAMES - PORT PHILLIP CLERGY BY IAN ALEXANDER HUGHES
This includes short biographies of the ministers of religion that served in the Port Phillip District of New South Wales (now Victoria).
https://www.gsv.org.au/article/our-collection
AUSTRALIAN CHRISTIAN CHURCH HISTORIES
A portal for historical information on Australian Christian Churches. This site contains a contemporary collection of over 4,800 Australian Christian churches and over 38,000 clergy names. There is a searchable database which includes (where available) the date the church was built, identification of the architect and builders, a list of clergy, the dates they served and DoB and DoD where available.
http://www.churchhistories.net.au/
STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA - RESEARCHING YOUR ANCESTORS' OCCUPATIONS: CLERGY
This lists resources held by the state library relating to clergy. It includes registers of missionaries that may be accessed onsite and from home by registered Victorian users.
https://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/c.php?g=435343&p=2968010
CLERGY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND DATABASE
The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540-1835 (CCEd), launched in 1999 and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, makes available and searchable the principal records of clerical careers from over 50 archives in England and Wales with the aim of providing coverage of as many clerical lives as possible from the Reformation to the mid-nineteenth century.
https://theclergydatabase.org.uk/
ANCESTRY - ENGLAND, CLERGY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND INDEX, 1540-1835
This collection contains a compiled index of records pertaining to clergy members of the Anglican church between 1540 and 1835. Information available in the collection comes from a variety of original records.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/63019/
ANCESTRY - UNITED KINGDOM, THE CLERGY LIST 1858
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/34967/
FAMILYSEARCH - CROCKFORD'S CLERICAL DIRECTORY: A DIRECTORY OF THE CLERGY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, THE CHURCH IN WALES, THE SCOTTISH EPISCOPAL CHURCH AND THE CHURCH OF IRELAND 1858-1976
The directory contains biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK. It also includes Anglican clergymen in Australia.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/38960?availability=Family%20History%20Library
ANCESTRY - UNITED KINGDOM, CROCKFORD'S CLERICAL DIRECTORIES
The directory contains biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK. It also includes Anglican clergymen in Australia. The years covered include 1868, 1874, 1885, 1898, 1908 and 1932.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/ukcrockford/
ANCESTRY - UNITED KINGDOM, CLERGY LIST, 1897
Published in April of 1897, this directory includes the names, residences, and service history of the clergy of the Church of England, the Episcopal Church in Scotland, and the Church of Ireland. The book lists traditional church positions throughout England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the colonies of Great Britain, and any other foreign positions. Also included are clergy members officiating at theological colleges, training institutions, and chaplains in prisons, workhouses, hospitals, lunatic asylums, infirmaries, almshouses, and reformatories. You’ll also find list of colonial and missionary dioceses, as well as church societies.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/34776/
CABLE CLERICAL INDEX TO AUSTRALIAN ANGLICAN CLERGY 1788-1961
The Cable Clerical Index is an index of more than 6570 Australian Anglican clergy. Only names and dates of ordination are published for those born after 1 January 1916.
http://anglicanhistory.org/aus/cci/
ANCESTRY - UNITED KINGDOM, CLERGY LIST, 1897
Published in April of 1897, this directory includes the names, residences, and service history of the clergy of the Church of England, the Episcopal Church in Scotland, and the Church of Ireland. The book lists traditional church positions throughout England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the colonies of Great Britain, and any other foreign positions. Also included are clergy members officiating at theological colleges, training institutions, and chaplains in prisons, workhouses, hospitals, lunatic asylums, infirmaries, almshouses, and reformatories. You’ll also find list of colonial and missionary dioceses, as well as church societies.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/34776/
STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA - REGISTER OF MISSIONARIES (CLERICAL, LAY AND FEMALE) AND NATIVE CLERGY FROM 1804 TO 1904: IN TWO PARTS - CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY 1905
This includes missionaries who were based in Australia. State Library of Victoria access onsite and from home to registered Victorian users.
THE OFFICIAL DIRECTORY OF THE AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
This lists current and former incumbents in the church.
https://www.catholicdirectory.com.au/
NUNS AND SISTERS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA 1838-1918 (INTERNET ARCHIVE WAYBACK MACHINE)
For the purposes of historical research or family history an alphabetical index of women who either became nuns in Australia, or who arrived in Australia as nuns has been compiled. The index consists of approximately 14,000 entries and is the result of contributions from more than fifty Religious Orders or Congregations. This snapshot is dated 19 March 2019.
FAMILYSEARCH - THE AUSTRALIAN PRESBYTERIAN CALENDAR AND EDUCATIONAL REGISTER FOR VICTORIA 1877
This includes a list of Presbyterian Church ministers and church officials.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/571440?availability=Family%20History%20Library
ANCESTRY - AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALASIAN METHODIST MINISTERIAL INDEX, 1896
https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/63028/
FINDMYPAST - AUSTRALASIAN METHODIST MINISTERIAL GENERAL INDEX 1896
STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA - AUSTRALASIAN METHODIST MINISTERIAL GENERAL INDEX BY MARTIN DYSON 1903 (BOOK)
https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE14801080&mode=browse
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