The Archbishop Of Brisbane Phillip Aspinall (born 1959) has been the
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of Brisbane, Queensland,
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since February 2002, and
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of the Anglican Church of Australia since July 2005.
Aspinall was
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a deacon in Tasmania on 25 July 1988 and a priest a year later.
He succeeded
Peter HollingworthPeter John Hollingworth, AC, OBE is an Australian Anglican bishop. He served as the Archbishop of Brisbane for 11 years before becoming the 23rd Governor-General of Australia from 2001 until 2003....
as Archbishop of Brisbane.
He holds degrees in science from the
University of TasmaniaThe University of Tasmania is a public Australian university based in Tasmania, Australia. Officially founded on 1 January 1890, it was the fourth university to be established in nineteenth-century Australia...
, theology from the
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and the
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), as well as a
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from
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and a
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in education from
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.
Aspinall has worked as a computer programmer for the Tasmanian Education Department.
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The Archbishop Of Brisbane Phillip Aspinall (born 1959) has been 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...
ArchbishopIn Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. In many Christian Churches, this means that they lead a diocese of particular importance called an archdiocese, or in the Anglican Communion an Ecclesiastical Province, but this is not always the case. An archbishop is equivalent to a bishop in...
of Brisbane, Queensland,
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...
since February 2002, and
PrimatePrimate is a title or rank bestowed on some bishops in certain Christian churches. Depending on the particular tradition, it can denote either jurisdictional authority or ceremonial precedence .-Roman Catholic Church:In the Western Church, a Primate is an archbishop—or rarely a suffragan...
of the Anglican Church of Australia since July 2005.
Aspinall was
ordainedThe term Holy Orders is used by many Christian churches to refer to ordination or to a group of individuals who are set apart for a special role or ministry....
a deacon in Tasmania on 25 July 1988 and a priest a year later.
He succeeded
Peter HollingworthPeter John Hollingworth, AC, OBE is an Australian Anglican bishop. He served as the Archbishop of Brisbane for 11 years before becoming the 23rd Governor-General of Australia from 2001 until 2003....
as Archbishop of Brisbane.
He holds degrees in science from the
University of TasmaniaThe University of Tasmania is a public Australian university based in Tasmania, Australia. Officially founded on 1 January 1890, it was the fourth university to be established in nineteenth-century Australia...
, theology from 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...
(through
Trinity College (University of Melbourne)Trinity College is the oldest college of the University of Melbourne. The college was founded in 1872 on a site which had been granted to the Church of England. It is one of the larger residential colleges at the University and houses approximately 280 students...
and the
United Faculty of TheologyThe United Faculty of Theology is an informal association of theological colleges founded in 1969 to provide an ecumenical setting for theological education and to support research...
), as well as a
Master of Business AdministrationThe Master of Business Administration is a master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...
from
Deakin UniversityDeakin University is an Australian public university with 34,495 higher education students as of 2008. It has campuses in the coastal cities of Geelong, Melbourne, and Warrnambool, Victoria. It was named after Alfred Deakin, Australia's second Prime Minister....
and a
PhDPHD may refer to:* Parisada Hindu Dharma, an Indonesian reform organization* PHD, a track on The Crystal Method album Tweekend* PHD finger, a protein sequence* PHD Mountain Software, an outdoor clothing and equipment company...
in education from
Monash UniversityMonash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Australia. It is Australia's largest university with about 55,000 students.The University has a total of eight campuses: six in Victoria, Australia , one in Malaysia and one in South Africa...
.
Career
Aspinall has worked as a computer programmer for the Tasmanian Education Department. He has also worked in a number of roles in the Anglican church in Tasmania and Victoria: with the Diocese of Tasmania as diocesan field officer for the Anglican Boys’ Society, the diocesan youth and education officer; deputy warden at Christ College in the
University of TasmaniaThe University of Tasmania is a public Australian university based in Tasmania, Australia. Officially founded on 1 January 1890, it was the fourth university to be established in nineteenth-century Australia...
(1980 to 1984); director of parish education at St Stephen’s Church, Mt Waverley, in the Diocese of Melbourne (1985); assistant curate, assistant priest and parish priest in various locations in Tasmania; and director of Anglicare Tasmania (1994-1998) including two years as Archdeacon for Church and Society.
He was consecrated a bishop in Adelaide on 29 June 1998 where he served as assistant bishop until December 2001.
He was elected Primate of the
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in 2005.
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