Anglican Archbishops of Brisbane - Peter Hollingworth, John W. C. Wand, St Clair Donaldson, John Grindrod, Gerald Sharp, Reginald Halse (Paperback)

Chapters: Peter Hollingworth, John W. C. Wand, St Clair Donaldson, John Grindrod, Gerald Sharp, Reginald Halse, Phillip Aspinall, P. N. W. Strong. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Peter John Hollingworth, AC, OBE (born 10 April 1935) 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. Hollingworth's time as governor-general was marred by controversy over allegations that he had not done enough to investigate charges of sexual abuse within the Diocese of Brisbane when he was the archbishop. For much of his tenure he lacked bipartisan support, with key members of the opposition Labor Party calling on him to resign. In May 2003 a report by the Diocese of Brisbane into the handling of the cases was tabled in the Queensland parliament. On 28 May 2003, despite maintaining the support of the prime minister, John Howard, Hollingworth resigned. Hollingworth was born in Adelaide, South Australia and moved to Melbourne in 1940. After attending Lloyd Street and Murrumbeena primary schools he was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne. After completing his secondary school education he began work for BHP, an Australian mining company. Hollingworth apparently often spent his lunch hours in St Paul's Cathedral in Melbourne where the idea of becoming a priest was first suggested to him. Hollingworth was conscripted for National Service in 1953 and, after basic training at the RAAF base at Point Cook, he began working in the chaplain's office and decided to test his vocation to ordained ministry. After matriculating in 1954 he enrolled at the University of Melbourne, residing at Trinity College (University of Melbourne) as a member of its school of theo...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=22389