Reg Piper
Reginald John Piper (born 25 February 1942) was an assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney who served as the Bishop of Wollongong from 1993 to 2007.
Reg Piper | |
|---|---|
| Assistant Bishop | |
| Diocese | Sydney |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1967 |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Reginald John Piper |
| Born | 25 February 1942 Goulburn, New South Wales |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Spouse | Dorothy Piper[1] |
| Occupation | Bishop |
| Previous post | Bishop of Wollongong (1993 – 2007) |
| Education | Corrimal High School[2] |
| Alma mater | |
Piper was born in Goulburn[3] and educated at Corrimal High School[2] and at the Australian National University.[4] After studying at Moore Theological College he was ordained in 1967.[5] He had curacies at St Stephen's Willoughby and St Clement's Lalor Park before incumbencies at St Aidan's Hurstville Grove, Christ Church, Kiama and Holy Trinity, Adelaide before his ordination to the episcopate. He is married to Dorothy Piper.[1]
References
- Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000
- Campbell, David (7 March 2001). Corrimal High School Fiftieth Anniversary (Speech). Hansard. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- Sydney Anglican
- Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
- Crockford's Clerical Directory: 1975-76, Lambeth, Church House, 1975, ISBN 0-19-200008-X
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