Brian Farran Explained

Type:bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Right Reverend
Brian Farran
Bishop of Newcastle
Church:Anglican Church of Australia
Diocese:Diocese of Newcastle
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Predecessor:Roger Herft
Successor:Greg Thompson
Ordination:1968
Consecration:2005
Birth Name:Brian George Farran
Birth Date:15 December 1944
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Nationality:Australian
Spouse:Robin Farran
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Alma Mater:Australian National University[1]

Brian George Farran (born 15 December 1944) is an Australian retired Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Newcastle in New South Wales.[2]

Farran was educated at the Australian National University and St John's College, Morpeth.[3] Ordained in 1968[4] his first positions were curacies at St Philip's O’Connor and St Alban's Griffith. He was then incumbent at the Church of the Epiphany, Lake Cargelligo, St Barnabas' North Rockhampton and St Saviour's Gladstone. In 1983 he became Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, Rockhampton, and then an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Perth, serving first the Goldfields Region then the Northern Region. In 2005 he became the diocesan bishop of Newcastle.[5] He retired on 15 December 2012.[6] He is married to Robin Farran.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anglican Bishop Farran retires . Sam . Rigney . 16 December 2012 . . 15 January 2017.
  2. http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=Anglican Communion website
  3. [Who's Who (UK)|Who was Who 1987-1990]
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976
  5. Web site: Angdon . 27 September 2009 . 29 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090429002951/http://www.angdon.com/history/ . dead .
  6. http://justus.anglican.org/resources/misc/angcommuniondirectory.html Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000