Trevor Edwards (bishop)

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Trevor Edwards
Assistant bishop and Vicar-General, Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn
Church Anglican Church of Australia
Diocese Canberra & Goulburn
In office12 June 2004 [1] – 11 January 2020 [2]
Orders
Ordination1978 (as deacon and priest)
by  Marcus Loane (as deacon)
Ken Short (as priest)
Consecration12 June 2004 [1]
by  George Browning
Personal details
Born1950 (age 73–74)

Trevor William Edwards (born 1950) [3] is a retired Australian Anglican bishop, who served as an assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn from 2004 to 2020, and as Vicar-General of the Diocese from 2009 to 2020. [4] [2]

Edwards was ordained in 1978. [4] He was rector of parishes at Camden and Hurstville Grove in the Diocese of Sydney before being appointed Archdeacon of South Sydney in 1996 and Archdeacon for Ordination in the Sydney Diocese in 2000. [5] Edwards was considered as a candidate for Bishop of South Sydney in 2000, following Peter Watson's move to become Archbishop of Melbourne, but Robert Forsyth was chosen instead. [6] Edwards nominated as a candidate for Archbishop of Sydney in the 2001 election, describing himself as a ‘generous evangelical’ who was uncompromising in defence of the essentials of the faith, but ‘more relaxed on the edges, the things which ultimately do not matter for salvation’. [7] Edwards was eliminated in the first round after failing to achieve a majority of votes in his favour from either clergy or laity. [8]

In February 2003, Edwards moved to Canberra to take up a position in the Diocese of Goulburn and Canberra as Archdeacon of South Canberra and Rector of St Matthew's Wanniassa. [5] In 2004 he was appointed a part-time assistant bishop in the Diocese, [4] and in 2009 was invited by Bishop Stuart Robinson to become a full-time assistant bishop and Vicar-General of the Diocese. [9]

Edward was administrator of the Diocese between the resignation of Stuart Robinson and appointment of Mark Short. [10]

Edwards resigned as Assistant Bishop on 11 January 2020. [2] During 2021, Edwards took on the role of Acting Rector of St. Mark's Anglican Church Ulladulla, the southern most parish of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. [11]

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  2. 1 2 3 "Clergy Moves" (PDF). ANGLICANNEWS: a magazine for the Anglican Community of Canberra & Goulburn. Vol. 37, no. 1. Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. February 2020. p. 2. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "Circular to the Members of the 45th Synod Re: Special Session of the Synod to appoint an Archbishop" (PDF). Sydney Diocesan Secretariat. Anglican Diocese of Sydney. 16 May 2001. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 "Bishops". Anglican Diocese of Canberra & Goulburn. Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  5. 1 2 AMS Staff (24 February 2003). "Archdeacon Edwards to take up leadership role in Canberra". Sydney Anglicans. Anglican Media Sydney. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  6. ↑ McGillion, Chris (2005). The chosen ones : the politics of salvation in the Anglican Church. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. p. 62. ISBN   9781741156362.
  7. ↑ McGillion, Chris (2005). The chosen ones : the politics of salvation in the Anglican Church. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. p. 73. ISBN   9781741156362.
  8. ↑ McGillion, Chris (2005). The chosen ones : the politics of salvation in the Anglican Church. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. p. 79. ISBN   9781741156362.
  9. ↑ "Bishop Stuart's Message August 2009". Diocese of Canberra & Goulburn. Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. August 2009. Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  10. ↑ "Dr Mark Short appointed Canberra/Goulburn Anglican Bishop". Goulburn Post. Australian Community Media. 10 November 2018.
  11. ↑ "St. Mark's Anglican Church Ulladulla Home Page". St Mark's Anglican Church Ulladulla. St Mark's Anglican Church Ulladulla. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
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