Ken Mason (bishop) explained

Type:bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Right Reverend
Ken Mason
Bishop
Church:Anglican Church of Australia
Consecration:1968
Consecrated By:Philip Strong
Birth Date:4 September 1928
Birth Place:Ashfield, Sydney, Australia
Death Place:Sydney, Australia
Buried:St James' Church, Sydney
Religion:Anglican

Kenneth Bruce Mason AM[1] (September 4, 1928 - December 20, 2018) was an Anglican bishop in Australia.

Mason was educated at the University of Queensland[2] and ordained in 1953.[3] His first position was as a curate at Gilgandra. He then held incumbencies at Darwin and Alice Springs. From 1965 to 1968 he was Dean of Trinity College, Melbourne. As a professed member of the Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd, Mason was known as "Brother Aiden" until his consecration as a bishop. On 24 February 1968, at St John's Cathedral (Brisbane),[4] he was consecrated to the episcopate to serve as the Bishop of the Northern Territory,[5] a position he held until 1983. From 1983 to 1993 Mason was chairman of the Australian Board of Missions (now called the Anglican Board of Mission - Australia).

In retirement, Mason regularly attended St James' Church, Sydney, where a Requiem Eucharist was held for him on 19 January 2019.[6]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/HDMS-HTML/OANDS175.htm Anglican Archives
  2. [Who's Who (UK)|Who was Who 1987-1990]
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976
  4. http://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/HDMS-HTML/SPSES257.htm Anglican Archives
  5. Web site: History of Diocese . 6 September 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090916021152/http://christchurchcathedral.org.au/about-us/our-vision-and-history/ . 16 September 2009 . dead .
  6. Hodge. Colleen. February–March 2019. Celebrating Ken Mason - Fifty Years a Bishop. St James' Parish Connections. 22–25.