Bruce Wilson (bishop)

Bruce Winston Wilson (23 August 1942 – 20 March 2021) was a bishop of the Anglican Church of Australia. He served as the Anglican Bishop of Bathurst in New South Wales from 1989 to 2000.

Wilson was educated at Canterbury Boys' High School[1] and the University of Sydney. He was ordained in 1966.[2] His first posts were curacies at Darling Point and Beverly Hills, Sydney. After this he was Anglican Chaplain at the University of New South Wales and then Rector of St George's Paddington, Sydney.[3] From 1984 to 1989 he was Director of St Mark's Theological College, Canberra and an Assistant Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn[4] at the time of his consecration as a bishop on 27 October 1984,[5] he was the church's youngest bishop. He was elected Bishop of Bathurst in 1989,[6] retired effective 25 March 2000[7] and he was married to Zandra Wilson.[8] Wilson died on 20 March 2021 after a long cardiac illness.[9][10]

While Bishop of Bathurst, Wilson ordained Gloria Shipp the first Aboriginal woman to become a priest in the Anglican Church of Australia.[11]

References

  1. ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  2. ^ Crockford's clerical directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  3. ^ "Church website". Saintgeorges.org.au. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
  4. ^ "(Re)growing the fringe". Archived from the original on 22 November 2006.
  5. ^ Consecration details Archived May 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Bishop of Bathurst to retire". Church Times. No. 7140. 17 December 1999. p. 2. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 30 August 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. ^ "THE ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF BATHURST SCHEDULE A ROYAL COMMISSION RESPONSES" (PDF). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000". Justus.anglican.org. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
  9. ^ "Rev Bruce Winston Wilson - Death Notice". Nine Entertainment Co. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Vale: Former Bathurst Anglican bishop Bruce Wilson farewelled in Sydney". Western Advocate. Australian Community Media. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  11. ^ Hayward, Patricia (24 April 1997). "From the President". Movement for the Ordination of Women Newsletter: 3 – via JSTOR.
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Preceded by 8th Bishop of Bathurst
1989 –2000 		Succeeded by


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