Graham Delbridge
Graham Richard Delbridge (22 May 1917 – 8 June 1980) was the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Gippsland in Australia from 1974 to 1980.[1]
Biography
Graham Richard Delbridge was born on 22 May 1917. He was educated at Moore College[2] and the Australian College of Theology.
He became Director of Youth Work in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney and held incumbencies at Holy Trinity, Adelaide[3] and St Matthew’s Manly.[4]
From 1963 he was an archdeacon and senior chaplain to the Primate of Australia,[5] and in 1969 he became a coadjutor bishop[6] in the Diocese of Sydney.[7]
From 1973 he was a member of the Anglican-Orthodox Joint Doctrinal Commission, and he supported ecumenical endeavours in Australia.
On 8 June 1980 he and his 21-year-old daughter Judy were killed in a motoring accident near Sale.[8]
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Gippsland 1974–1980 |
Succeeded by Neville James Chynoweth |
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- ↑ Diocesan history
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ↑ 1952–57 Church website (1)
- ↑ 1957–60 Church website (2)
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ↑ National Archives
- ↑ Anglican Archives
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