Philip Huggins

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Philip James Huggins (born 16 October 1948) is a bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia. He was the ninth Bishop of Grafton. [1]

Huggins was educated at Monash University [2] and ordained in 1977. He began his ordained ministry in the Diocese of Bendigo. After this he was an industrial chaplain in the Diocese of Melbourne and a chaplain at Monash University. In 1988 he was the unsuccessful Labor candidate for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Berwick. [3] From 1991, he was the Vicar of Williamstown, and from 1994, the Archdeacon of Essendon. He was a regional bishop in the Diocese of Perth from 1995 to 1998; the diocesan Bishop of Grafton from 1998 to 2003; and has been a regional bishop in the Diocese of Melbourne since 2004. [4] He is married to Elizabeth Cuming. [5]

He became the secretary of the Australian chapter of the Anglican Pacifist Fellowship after the retirement of the Very Reverend David Thawley. [6]

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References

  1. Diocesan Year Book
  2. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black ISBN   978-0-7136-8555-8
  3. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/16/1073878029380.html?from=storyrhs
  4. Anglican Communion
  5. Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 August 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Bruce Allen Schultz
Bishop of Grafton
19982003
Succeeded by
Keith Francis Slater