- Phillip Aspinall
Phillip Aspinall (born 1959) has been the Anglican
Archbishop ofBrisbane, Queensland ,Australia since February 2002, and Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia since July 2005.He was ordained deacon in Tasmania on
25 July 1988 and priest a year later. He succeededPeter Hollingworth as Archbishop of Brisbane. He holds degrees in Science from theUniversity of Tasmania , Theology from theMelbourne College of Divinity (throughTrinity College (University of Melbourne) and theUnited Faculty of Theology ), as well as aMaster of Business Administration fromDeakin University and aPhD in Education fromMonash University .Career
He has worked as a computer programmer for the Tasmanian Education Department.
He has worked in a number of roles in the Anglican church in Tasmania and Victoria: with the Diocese of Tasmania as diocesan field officer for the
Anglican Boys’ Society , and then as the diocesan youth and education officer; and as deputy warden at Christ College in theUniversity of Tasmania (1980 to 1984); director of parish education at St Stephen’s Anglican Church, Mt Waverley the Diocese of Melbourne (1985); as assistant curate, assistant priest and priest in various locations in Tasmania; Director of Anglicare Tasmania (1994-1998) including 2 years as Archdeacon for Church and Society.He was consecrated bishop in Adelaide on
29 June 1998 where he served as Assistant Bishop until December 2001.He was elected Primate of the
Anglican Church of Australia in 2005.External links
*Source [http://www.anglicanbrisbane.org.au/content.asp?sub=3&txt=25 Introduction at the Diocese of Brisbane website]
*http://www.abc.net.au/sundayprofile/stories/s1482308.htm
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