Robert Forsyth (bishop) explained

Type:bishop
Robert Forsyth
Bishop of South Sydney
Term:[1]
Church:Anglican Church of Australia
Province:New South Wales
Diocese:Sydney
Predecessor:Peter Watson
Successor:Michael Stead
Previous Post:Rector of St Barnabas Anglican Church, Broadway (1983–2000)[2]
Ordination:1976 (as deacon and as priest)
Ordained By:Marcus Loane (as deacon)
Donald Robinson (as priest)
Consecration:11 June 2000[3]
Consecrated By:Harry Goodhew
Birth Name:Robert Charles Forsyth
Birth Date:8 June 1949
Nationality:Australian
Alma Mater:University of Sydney (BA, MTh)
Moore Theological College (ThL, BD, Dip A)
Spouse:Margie[4]
Children:4

Robert Charles Forsyth (born 8 June 1949)[5] is an Australian Anglican bishop who served as the Anglican Bishop of South Sydney, a region of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, from 2000 to 2015. Before this he was the rector of St. Barnabas, Broadway.

Forsyth is married to Margie and has four children and ten grandchildren. He attended Meadowbank Boys High School and was a candidate for the Methodist ministry for a number of years but changed to Anglican candidature in 1972.

On 19 January 2008, Forsyth condemned Corpus Christi, a play depicting Judas seducing Jesus: "It is deliberately, not innocently, offensive and they're obviously having a laugh about it." The play also showed Jesus administrating a marriage between two of his male apostles.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Davies . Glenn . Statement of Glenn Naunton Davies . Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse . Commonwealth of Australia . 28 May 2021 . PDF . 18 January 2016.
  2. Web site: St Barnabas's Anglican church Broadway . The Dictionary of Sydney . City of Sydney . 28 May 2021.
  3. Web site: Circular to the Members of the 45th Synod Re: Special Session of the Synod to appoint an Archbishop: 2nd Mailing . Sydney Diocesan Services . Anglican Diocese of Sydney . 28 May 2021.
  4. News: Powell . Russell . Swansong for South Sydney stalwart . 28 May 2021 . Sydney Anglicans . Anglican Diocese of Sydney . 10 December 2015.
  5. Web site: Forsyth, Rt Rev. Robert Charles . Who's Who . Oxford University Press . 28 May 2021 . 1 December 2019.
  6. http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iV-Zj0amGhXt70sCw8uQ3JmjrwIg Afp.google.com, Row erupts in Australia over 'gay' Jesus play: report