Ken Mason (bishop)

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Ken Mason
Bishop
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Church Anglican Church of Australia
Orders
Consecration1968
by  Philip Strong
Personal details
Born(1928-09-04)September 4, 1928
Ashfield, Sydney, Australia
DiedDecember 20, 2018(2018-12-20) (aged 90)
Sydney, Australia
BuriedSt James' Church, Sydney
Denomination Anglican

Kenneth Bruce Mason AM [1] (September 4, 1928 - December 20, 2018) was an Anglican bishop in Australia.

Mason was educated at the University of Queensland [2] and ordained in 1953. [3] His first position was as a curate at Gilgandra. He then held incumbencies at Darwin and Alice Springs. From 1965 to 1968 he was Dean of Trinity College, Melbourne. As a professed member of the Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd, Mason was known as "Brother Aiden" until his consecration as a bishop. On 24 February 1968, at St John's Cathedral (Brisbane), [4] he was consecrated to the episcopate to serve as the Bishop of the Northern Territory, [5] a position he held until 1983. From 1983 to 1993 Mason was chairman of the Australian Board of Missions (now called the Anglican Board of Mission - Australia).

In retirement, Mason regularly attended St James' Church, Sydney, where a Requiem Eucharist was held for him on 19 January 2019. [6]

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References

  1. Anglican Archives Archived 2010-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN   0-7136-3457-X
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN   0-19-200008-X
  4. Anglican Archives Archived 10 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "History of Diocese". Archived from the original on 16 September 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
  6. Hodge, Colleen (February–March 2019). "Celebrating Ken Mason - Fifty Years a Bishop" (PDF). St James' Parish Connections: 22–25.
Religious titles
Preceded by
Inaugural appointment
Bishop of the Northern Territory
19681983
Succeeded by