Greg Thompson (bishop)
Greg Thompson | |
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Bishop of Newcastle | |
Province | Province of New South Wales |
Diocese | Diocese of Newcastle |
In office | 2013 to 2017 |
Predecessor | Brian Farran |
Successor | Peter Stuart |
Other post(s) | Bishop of the Northern Territory (2007–2013) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1986 |
Consecration | 31 May 2007 |
Personal details | |
Birth name | Gregory Edwin Thompson |
Born | 1956 (age 64–65) Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia |
Nationality | Australian |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Gregory Edwin Thompson (born 1956) is a retired Australian Anglican bishop.[1] From 2014 to 2017 he was the Bishop of Newcastle.[2] He was previously, from 2007 to 2013, the Bishop of the Northern Territory.
Early life and education[]
Thompson was born in Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia.[3] He studied at the University of Newcastle.[4] He trained for ordained ministry at Ridley College, an Evangelical Anglican theological college in Melbourne.
Ordained ministry[]
Thompson was ordained in 1986.[5] From 1988 to 1994, he was Parish Priest of Darwin in the Northern Territory.[3] Then, from 1994 to 1999, he was the New South Wales State Secretary of the . Having returned to parish ministry, he was Rector of St John's Church, Darlinghurst in Sydney between 1999 and 2004, and then Rector of St John's Church in Canberra.[3]
Thompson was ordained to the episcopate on 31 May 2007 at Christ Church Cathedral, Darwin.[6][7] He then became the Bishop of the Northern Territory.[8] In September 2012, he was elected as the next Bishop of Newcastle.[4] He took up the appointment on 2 February 2013, becoming the 13th Bishop of Newcastle.[9] Thompson concluded his ministry on 31 May 2017. His farewell service was held in Christ Church Cathedral Newcastle on 21 May 2017.[10]
Personal life[]
Thompson is married to Kerry.[3]
In 2015, Thompson reported that he had been sexually abused by Ian Shevill as a young man when he was 19 and interested in the priesthood.[11] Shevill has been identified as a sexual predator by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in 2016.[citation needed]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Second Hour: Greg Thompson". ABC. 15 July 2007.
- ^ "Australian bishop quits after working hard to deal with abuse issues". Episcopal Cafe. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017 – via Anglican Communion News Service.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Our Bishop". eastmaitlandanglican.net. Saint Peter's Anglican Church, East Maitland. Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Gregory, Helen (15 October 2013). "Anglican bishop keen to build community". The Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Clerical Directory". Archived from the original on 8 October 2009.
- ^ "Ordination of Bishop Greg Thompson". The Mendicant Mind and Body. WordPress. 1 June 2007.
- ^ Christchurch Cathedral website
- ^ "Provincial Directory: Northern Territory, The". Anglican Communion. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012.
- ^ Rigney, Sam (2 February 2014). "New Anglican bishop promises justice, compassion". Newcastle Herald.
- ^ McCarthy, Joanne (22 May 2017). "Bishop told 'good to have you in cathedral'". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ McCarthy, Joanne (26 October 2015). "Anglican bishop Greg Thompson sexually abused by late Bishop Ian Shevill". The Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
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- Alumni of Ridley College, Melbourne
- Anglican bishops of the Northern Territory
- Bishops of Newcastle
- 21st-century Anglican bishops in Australia
- Living people
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