Ross Davies (bishop)

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Ross Davies
Bishop of The Murray
Church Anglican Church of Australia (to 2010)
Roman Catholic Church (since 2010)
Province South Australia
Diocese The Murray
In office2002–2010
Predecessor Graham Walden
Successor John Ford
Orders
Ordination1981 (deacon)
1982 (priest)
Laicized 13 December 2010
Personal details
Born
Ross Owen Davies

(1955-02-04) 4 February 1955 (age 68)
Denomination Roman Catholicism (formerly Anglicanism)

Ross Owen Davies (born 4 February 1955) is an Australian former Anglican bishop. He was the bishop of the Diocese of The Murray in the Anglican Church of Australia from 2002 to 2010. [1]

Davies was educated at the University of Melbourne (BA 1977, LLB 1979) and St Barnabas College, Adelaide (Australian College of Theology, ThL 1981). [2] He served in parishes in Australia until 1991, the last of which was as rector of St Paul's, Camperdown. [3] He was then priest-in-charge of Mundford, Ickburgh and Cranwich (1991–94) and then curate of Somerton with Compton Dundon (1994–97). [2] He then returned to Australia, where he was rector of Hindmarsh, South Australia (1997-2000), before becoming Archdeacon of The Murray (2000–02). [2]

In 2002 he was appointed the bishop of the Diocese of The Murray in the Anglican Church of Australia. [1] In September 2010, he resigned and was found guilty by a church tribunal of "disgraceful conduct and wilful violation of church ordinances". [4] [5] [6] He was subsequently removed from holy orders on 13 December 2010, only the second bishop to be so removed. [7] [8]

Davies had belonged to the traditionalist Anglo-Catholic wing of Anglicanism. [9] On 27 September 2010, three days after resigning as the Bishop of The Murray, he was received into the Roman Catholic Church as a layman by Philip Wilson, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide. [10]

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  6. Zwartz, Barney (9 March 2010). "Disgrace charge brought against bishop". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  7. "Disgraced Anglican bishop removed". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 13 December 2010.
  8. "Bishop of The Murray defrocked". The Church of England Newspaper. 17 December 2010. p. 7.
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  10. Conger, George (24 June 2011). "Deposed bishop joins Roman Catholic Church". The Church of England Newspaper. Archived from the original on 25 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016. Alt URL
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Preceded by Bishop of The Murrary
2002–2010
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