Stephen Pickard

The Right Reverend Professor

Stephen Pickard
The Right Reverend Professor; Stephen Pickard
Assistant bishop, Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn
Church	Anglican Church of Australia
Diocese	Canberra & Goulburn
In office	24 March 2012 – 31 March 2022
Other post(s)	Assistant bishop, Diocese of Adelaide (2007–2010)
Orders
Consecration	2007
Personal details
Born	1952 (age 69–70)

Last updated August 12, 2022

Stephen Kim Pickard (born 1952) is an Australian academic and retired Anglican bishop, who served as an assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn ^[3] since 24 March 2012,^[1] and as Executive Director of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture (part of the Faculty of Arts and Education at Charles Sturt University) from September 2013 until March 2022.^[4]^[2] He was consecrated in 2007 and previously served as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Adelaide from 2007 to 2010, and as head of St Mark's National Theological Centre (and head of the School of Theology at Charles Sturt University) from 1998 to 2006.

Pickard held a number of roles in relation to the Anglican Communion. Between 2001 and 2007 he served on the Communion’s Theological and Doctrinal Commission (IATDC). When the theological, doctrinal and ecumenical work of the Anglican Communion was gathered together under the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order (IASCUFO), Pickard was then appointed a member of the Commission, serving as Vice-Chair from 2009, and taking over as Chair in 2018. From 2010 Pickard was also a member of the Steeering Group of Theological Education in the Anglican Communion (TEAC).^[5]

Pickard retired from his role as assistant bishop in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn and Executive Director of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture on 31 March 2022.^[2] Prior to his retirement, on 8 March 2022 Pickard was awarded the Cross of St Augustine for "significant service to the Anglican Communion as a theologian, teacher and bishop, and in particular in his service of the Inter-Anglican Theological and Doctrinal Commission and the Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Unity, Faith and Order".^[5]

Books

Pickard, Stephen (2009). Theological foundations for collaborative ministry . Explorations in practical, pastoral and empirical theology). Farnham, Surrey, England: Ashgate Publishing Limited. pp. 266. ISBN 9780754668350.
———— (2011). In-between God: Theology, community and discipleship. Adelaide: AFT Press/Theology. p. 276. ISBN 9781921817113.
———— (2012). Seeking the church: An introduction to ecclesiology. London: SCM Press. p. 255. ISBN 9780334052593.

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References

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[AN_May_2012-1] 1 2 "Episcopal overseer for deacons" (PDF). Anglican News: The Newspaper of the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. No. Vol 29, No. 3. Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. May 2012. p. 3. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

[AN2022-2] 1 2 3 "Clergy Moves" (PDF). Anglican News: a magazine for the Anglican community of Canberra and Goulburn. No. Vol. 39 No. 3. Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. April 2022. p. 3. Retrieved 15 April 2022.

[Diocese_Bishops-3] "Bishops". Anglican Diocese of Canberra & Goulburn. Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. Retrieved 11 January 2020.

[CSU_ACCC-4] "People". Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture. Charles Sturt University. Retrieved 11 January 2020.

[AN2022_Pickard-5] 1 2 "Lambeth Award for Bishop Stephen Pickard" (PDF). Anglican News- a magazine for the Anglican community of Canberra and Goulburn. No. Vol. 39 No. 3. Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. April 2022. p. 1. Retrieved 15 April 2022.

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