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Roger Adrian Herft (11 July 1948-) is the present Anglican Archbishop of Perth, Australia. He was inaugurated in 2005.

Born in Wattegama, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia, located about off the southern coast of India....
, he studied at the Royal College
Royal College, Colombo

The Royal College of Colombo was founded in January 1835. It is considered to be the leading Public School in Sri Lanka. It is a National School, meaning that it is controlled by the central government as opposed to the Provincial Council and provides both primary and secondary education....
 in Columbo
Columbo

Columbo is an American crime fiction TV series, starring Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department....
, later training for the ministry at United Theological College of Lanka in Pilimatalawe, gaining a B.Th.
Bachelor of Theology

The Bachelor of Theology is a three to five year undergraduate degree in Theology disciplines. Candidates for this degree typically must complete course work in Greek language or Hebrew language, as well as systematic theology, biblical theology, ethics, homiletics and Christian ministry....
 and B.D.
Bachelor of Divinity

In Western culture universities, a Bachelor of Divinity is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course taken in the study of divinity or related disciplines, such as theology or, rarely, religious studies....
 degree from the University of Serampore
Senate of Serampore College (University)

Senate of Serampore College is located in Serampore Town, in Hooghly District, West Bengal, India.In fact, Serampore was the first institution to be given the status of a universityin India....
. After working in parish ministry and prison chaplaincy, he was invited by the Diocese of Waikato
Diocese of Waikato

The Diocese of Waikato is one of seven dioceses of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the area between the Waikato to the area surrounding Mount Taranaki in the North Island of New Zealand....
 in New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
 to become a Parish Consultant in 1983.






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Roger Adrian Herft (11 July 1948-) is the present Anglican Archbishop of Perth, Australia. He was inaugurated in 2005.

Born in Wattegama, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia, located about off the southern coast of India....
, he studied at the Royal College
Royal College, Colombo

The Royal College of Colombo was founded in January 1835. It is considered to be the leading Public School in Sri Lanka. It is a National School, meaning that it is controlled by the central government as opposed to the Provincial Council and provides both primary and secondary education....
 in Columbo
Columbo

Columbo is an American crime fiction TV series, starring Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department....
, later training for the ministry at United Theological College of Lanka in Pilimatalawe, gaining a B.Th.
Bachelor of Theology

The Bachelor of Theology is a three to five year undergraduate degree in Theology disciplines. Candidates for this degree typically must complete course work in Greek language or Hebrew language, as well as systematic theology, biblical theology, ethics, homiletics and Christian ministry....
 and B.D.
Bachelor of Divinity

In Western culture universities, a Bachelor of Divinity is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course taken in the study of divinity or related disciplines, such as theology or, rarely, religious studies....
 degree from the University of Serampore
Senate of Serampore College (University)

Senate of Serampore College is located in Serampore Town, in Hooghly District, West Bengal, India.In fact, Serampore was the first institution to be given the status of a universityin India....
. After working in parish ministry and prison chaplaincy, he was invited by the Diocese of Waikato
Diocese of Waikato

The Diocese of Waikato is one of seven dioceses of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the area between the Waikato to the area surrounding Mount Taranaki in the North Island of New Zealand....
 in New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
 to become a Parish Consultant in 1983. In 1986 Herft was elected Bishop of Waikato, becoming one of the youngest bishops in the Anglican Communion
Anglican Communion

The Anglican Communion is an international association of national Anglican churches. There is no single "Anglican Church" with universal juridical authority as each national or regional church has full autonomy....
.

Herft was elected Bishop of Newcastle
Bishop of Newcastle, Australia

The present bishop of Newcastle, New South Wales in the Anglican Church of Australia is the Right Reverend Dr Brian Farran, who was enthroned on Friday, 24 June 2005 at Christ Church Cathedral , Newcastle, New South Wales....
, New South Wales, in 1992, and enthroned at Christ Church Cathedral in May 1993. He was chaplain of the 13th Lambeth Conference in 1998.

In 2004 Herft was elected as the Seventh Archbishop of Perth and Metropolitan of the Province of Western Australia and was inaugurated on 11 June 2005, succeeding Archbishop Peter Carnley
Peter Carnley

Peter Carnley Order of Australia is a retired Australian Anglican bishop. Carnley was the Archbishop of Perth, Australia from 1981 to 2005 and was Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia from 2000 until July 2005....
.

Archbishop Herft nominated Australia's first female bishop Kay Goldsworthy
Kay Goldsworthy

Kay Goldsworthy is a bishop within the Anglican Diocese of Perth, Western Australia. In April 2008 she was chosen to become an assistant bishop in the diocese by the Archbishop of Perth, Roger Herft....
 and consecrated her at a service at St George's Cathedral
St George's Cathedral, Perth

St George's Cathedral is the principal Anglican church in the city of Perth, Western Australia and the mother-church of the Anglican Diocese of Perth....
 in Perth
Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the List of Australian capital cities and largest city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of Western Australia. With a population of 1,554,769 , Perth ranks fourth amongst the nation's cities, with a growth rate consistently above the national average....
 on May 22 2008.

He is married to Cheryl and they have two adult sons, Romesh and Jason.