Philip Huggins
Philip James Huggins (born 16 October 1948) is a bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia. He was the ninth Bishop of Grafton.[1]
Huggins was educated at Monash University[2] and ordained in 1977. He began his ordained ministry in the Diocese of Bendigo. After this he was an industrial chaplain in the Diocese of Melbourne and a chaplain at Monash University. In 1988 he was the unsuccessful Labor candidate for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Berwick.[3] From 1991, he was the Vicar of Williamstown, and from 1994, the Archdeacon of Essendon. He was a regional bishop in the Diocese of Perth from 1995 to 1998; the diocesan Bishop of Grafton from 1998 to 2003; and has been a regional bishop in the Diocese of Melbourne since 2004.[4] He is married to Elizabeth Cuming.[5]
He became the secretary of the Australian chapter of the Anglican Pacifist Fellowship after the retirement of the Very Reverend David Thawley.[6]
References
- ^ Diocesan Year Book
- ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
- ^ "Anglicans install ex-hippy as bishop". 17 January 2004.
- ^ Anglican Communion
- ^ Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000
- ^ "Anglican Pacifist Fellowship - worldwide". Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
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Preceded by Bruce Allen Schultz | Bishop of Grafton 1998–2003 | Succeeded by |
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- William Stevenson
- Christopher Storrs
- Kenneth Clements
- Gordon Arthur
- Donald Shearman
- Bruce Schultz
- Philip Huggins
- Keith Slater
- Sarah Macneil
- Murray Harvey
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