Keith Rayner (bishop)

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Keith Rayner Template:Post-nominals (22 November 1929 – 12 January 2025) was an Australian Anglican bishop and an Anglican Primate of Australia.[1] He served as Archbishop of Melbourne from 1990 to 1999, Archbishop of Adelaide from 1975 to 1990 and Bishop of Wangaratta from 1969 to 1975.

Life and career

Rayner was educated at the Church of England Grammar School, Brisbane, Queensland (now known as the Anglican Church Grammar School and popularly called "Churchie").[2] and the University of Queensland.[3] He was ordained priest in 1953.[4] His first post was as chaplain at St Francis' Theological College, Brisbane, followed by Queensland incumbencies in Sunnybank and Wynnum, during which time he completed his doctoral thesis on the history of Anglicanism within the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane.[5]

In 1969, Rayner became the Bishop of Wangaratta, Victoria:[6] he was consecrated a bishop on 24 June at St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne.[7] In 1975 he was translated to the see of Adelaide, South Australia as its archbishop. During his time in Adelaide he was appointed to be an officer of the Order of Australia.[8]

From 1990 to 1999, he was Archbishop of Melbourne. He was widely appreciated for his "masterly presidential style"[9] and as a preacher. From 1989 to 1991, he served as Acting Primate of Australia, and between 1991 and 1999 he was the Primate of Australia.[10] While archbishop and primate he supported the ordination of women to the priesthood and ordained the first women priests in the Diocese of Melbourne in 1992.[11][12]

Rayner died on 12 January 2025, at the age of 95.[13]

See also

References

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  6. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 Template:ISBN
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  8. ↑ The Times, 16 June 1977, p. 10, "Court Circular".
  9. ↑ Appreciation of leadership
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