David Gray Mulready (born 19 September 1947), is the
bishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of the
AnglicanThe Anglican Church of Australia, a member church of the Anglican Communion, was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania...
Diocese of North West AustraliaThe Anglican Diocese of North West Australia is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia, it covers an area of Western Australia north of Perth and is geographically, the largest Anglican diocese in Australia and one of the largest geographically, in the world. The cathedral church of the...
, the largest diocese in geographical size in the Anglican Communion covering approximately a quarter of the
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n
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.
Mulready was born in
SydneySydney is the largest city in Australia, and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney has a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million and an area of approximately 12,000 square kilometres. Its inhabitants are called Sydneysiders, and Sydney is often called "the Harbour City"...
, the son of Norman Benson Mulready and Edna Faith Osborne. He grew up on the Northern Beaches in
Curl Curl, New South WalesCurl Curl is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Curl Curl is located 18 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Warringah Council and is part of the Northern Beaches region...
and attended
Newington CollegeNewington College is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for boys, located in Stanmore, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
(1960-1964). At tertiary level he was educated at
Moore Theological CollegeMoore Theological College, otherwise known simply as Moore College, is the theological training seminary of the Diocese of Sydney of the Anglican Church of Australia...
and the
Melbourne College of DivinityThe Melbourne College of Divinity is a theological college located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.The MCD is a significant instance of ecumenical cooperation between Australia’s denominations. It is located in Kew, Victoria. It is affiliated with the University of Melbourne.The college was...
and holds a Licenciate of
TheologyThe term "theology" literally means the study of God, deriving from the Greek word theos, meaning 'God', and the suffix -ology from the Greek word logos meaning "discourse", "theory", or "reasoning"...
and a
DiplomaA diploma is a certificate or deed issued by an educational institution, such as a university, that testifies that the recipient has successfully completed a particular course of study, or confers an academic degree...
of
Religious EducationReligious Education is the term given to education concerned with religion. It may refer to education provided by a church or religious organization, for instruction in doctrine and faith, or for education in various aspects of religion, but without explicitly religious or moral aims, e.g. in a...
.
Mulready's ordained ministry began in the
Diocese of SydneyThe Diocese of Sydney is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia. The majority of the diocese is Evangelical and low church in tradition and committed to Reformed and Calvinist theology....
and he then served 15 years in the
Diocese of ArmidaleThe Anglican Diocese of Armidale is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia, located in the state of New South Wales. The diocese was created in 1914 as a result of a division of the previous Diocese of Grafton and Armidale which was created by letters patent in 1863...
.
David Gray Mulready (born 19 September 1947), is the
bishopA bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of the
AnglicanThe Anglican Church of Australia, a member church of the Anglican Communion, was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania...
Diocese of North West AustraliaThe Anglican Diocese of North West Australia is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia, it covers an area of Western Australia north of Perth and is geographically, the largest Anglican diocese in Australia and one of the largest geographically, in the world. The cathedral church of the...
, the largest diocese in geographical size in the Anglican Communion covering approximately a quarter of the
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
n
continentA continent is one of several large landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criterion, with seven regions commonly regarded as continents – they are : Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.Plate tectonics is...
.
Early life
Mulready was born in
SydneySydney is the largest city in Australia, and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney has a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million and an area of approximately 12,000 square kilometres. Its inhabitants are called Sydneysiders, and Sydney is often called "the Harbour City"...
, the son of Norman Benson Mulready and Edna Faith Osborne. He grew up on the Northern Beaches in
Curl Curl, New South WalesCurl Curl is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Curl Curl is located 18 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Warringah Council and is part of the Northern Beaches region...
and attended
Newington CollegeNewington College is an independent, Uniting Church, day and boarding school for boys, located in Stanmore, an inner-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
(1960-1964). At tertiary level he was educated at
Moore Theological CollegeMoore Theological College, otherwise known simply as Moore College, is the theological training seminary of the Diocese of Sydney of the Anglican Church of Australia...
and the
Melbourne College of DivinityThe Melbourne College of Divinity is a theological college located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.The MCD is a significant instance of ecumenical cooperation between Australia’s denominations. It is located in Kew, Victoria. It is affiliated with the University of Melbourne.The college was...
and holds a Licenciate of
TheologyThe term "theology" literally means the study of God, deriving from the Greek word theos, meaning 'God', and the suffix -ology from the Greek word logos meaning "discourse", "theory", or "reasoning"...
and a
DiplomaA diploma is a certificate or deed issued by an educational institution, such as a university, that testifies that the recipient has successfully completed a particular course of study, or confers an academic degree...
of
Religious EducationReligious Education is the term given to education concerned with religion. It may refer to education provided by a church or religious organization, for instruction in doctrine and faith, or for education in various aspects of religion, but without explicitly religious or moral aims, e.g. in a...
.
Ministry
Mulready's ordained ministry began in the
Diocese of SydneyThe Diocese of Sydney is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia. The majority of the diocese is Evangelical and low church in tradition and committed to Reformed and Calvinist theology....
and he then served 15 years in the
Diocese of ArmidaleThe Anglican Diocese of Armidale is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia, located in the state of New South Wales. The diocese was created in 1914 as a result of a division of the previous Diocese of Grafton and Armidale which was created by letters patent in 1863...
. He worked in rural parish ministry in
New South WalesNew South Wales is Australia's most populous state, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria, south of Queensland and east of South Australia...
and was posted to
Tambar SpringsTambar Springs is a town in the North West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia. The town is in the Gunnedah Shire Council Local Government area, north west of the state capital, Sydney. At the 2006 census, Tambar Springs and the surrounding area had a population of 201.Tambar Springs was...
(1974-1977),
WalgettWalgett is a town in north-central New South Wales, Australia and the seat of Walgett Shire. It is at the junction of the Barwon and Namoi rivers and near the junction of the Kamilaroi and Castlereagh Highway...
(1977-1981),
ManillaManilla is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, located on Fossickers Way 45 kilometres from the regional city of Tamworth. Manilla is famous for its setting as a fishing and paragliding area....
(1981-1985) and
GunnedahGunnedah is a town and Local government area in north-western New South Wales, Australia. 7,542 people lived in the town of Gunnedah in 2006, including 931 indigenous persons ....
(1985-1989). Mulready was the NSW State Secretary of the Bush Church Aid Society from 1989, after which he moved St Stephen's Church,
PenrithPenrith is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Penrith is located west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Penrith....
(1993-2000). He then served as
RectorThe word rector has a number of different meanings; they indicate an academic, religious or political administrator...
of St John's,
ParramattaParramatta is a suburb in the west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It sits on the bank of the Parramatta River, west of the Sydney central business district, approximately at the geographical centre of its metropolitan area. It is known colloquially as 'Parra'.Parramatta is the...
(2000-2004) until, as
CanonA canon is a priest who is a member of certain bodies of the Christian clergy subject to an ecclesiastical rule ....
David Mulready, he was elected Bishop of North-West Australia. Mulready was ordained as bishop in February 2004.
Family life
Mulready married Maureen Jane Lawrie in 1972 and is the father of two adult sons and a daughter.