Archbishops of Perth - Roger Herft, Charles Owen Leaver Riley, Peter Carnley, Robert William Haines Moline, Henry Le Fanu (Paperback)

Chapters: Roger Herft, Charles Owen Leaver Riley, Peter Carnley, Robert William Haines Moline, Henry le Fanu, Geoffrey Tremayne Sambell. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. 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: Roger Adrian Herft (11 July 1948-) is the present Anglican Archbishop of Perth, Australia. He was inaugurated in 2005. Born in Wattegama, Sri Lanka, he studied at the Royal College in Colombo, later training for the ministry at United Theological College of Lanka in Pilimatalawe, gaining a B.Th. and B.D. degree from the University of Serampore. After working in parish ministry and prison chaplaincy, he was invited by the Diocese of Waikato in New Zealand 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. Herft was elected Bishop of Newcastle, 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. Archbishop Herft nominated Australia's first female bishop Kay Goldsworthy and consecrated her at a service at St George's Cathedral in Perth on May 22 2008. He is married to Cheryl and they have two adult sons, Romesh and Jason. ...http: //booksllc.net/?id=378111