Alison Taylor consecrated bishop in Brisbane

From Australia-

Close to 70 Victorians travelled to Brisbane for the consecration of Alison Taylor as a bishop in St John’s Cathedral on Saturday.

They included Archbishop Philip Freier, Bishop Barbara Darling, Bishop Peter Hollingworth, Bishops John McIntyre, John Parkes and Garry Weatherill, The Dean of Melbourne Dr Andreas Loewe, Melbourne Archdeacons Neil Hicks and Richard Condie, numerous clergy, and more than 50 parishioners from Alison’s former parishes of St Dunstan’s, Camberwell and St John’s, Camberwell.

Former Melbourne archbishop, Bishop Peter Watson, now living in retirement in Sydney, took part in the laying on of hands by a total of 22 bishops assisting the chief consecrator, Brisbane Archbishop, Dr Phillip Aspinall.

A former Victorian, Bill Ray, now the Bishop of North Queensland, preached at the service in the packed Cathedral.

Bishop Taylor is the fourth Australian woman bishop, and the 35th in the Anglican Communion. As well as Bishop Darling, Bishop Kay Goldsworthy from Perth and Bishop Genieve Blackwell from Canberra and Goulburn also participated.

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