Assistant bishop (Marmingatha Episcopate), Anglican Diocese of Melbourne
Church
Anglican Church of Australia
Diocese
Melbourne
Installed
19 June 2015[1]
Other post(s)
Assistant bishop, Canberra and Goulburn, (2012–2015)
Orders
Ordination
1993 (deacon) 1998 (priest)[2]
Consecration
31 March 2012[3] by Brian Farran[4]
Personal details
Born
1962 (age 61–62)
Nationality
Australian
Denomination
Anglican
Spouse
John Silversides[1]
Children
2[1]
Alma mater
Moore Theological College[4]
Genieve Mary Blackwell (born 1962) is an Australian Anglican bishop who has served as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Melbourne since June 2015, and previously served as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn from 2012 to 2015. She was the first woman to be consecrated as a bishop in the state of New South Wales and the third in Australia.
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Genieve Mary Blackwell (born 1962) is an Australian Anglican bishop who has served as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Melbourne since June 2015,...
ordination of women. Blackwell was the third woman to become an Anglican bishop in Australia and the 31st in the world. Bishop GenieveBlackwell had served as...
Melbourne) on 31 May 2008. More women have since been ordained as bishops: GenieveBlackwell, Regional Bishop in Wagga Wagga and subsequently an assistant bishop...
largest parliamentary majority in the state's history. 31 March – GenieveBlackwell is the first woman appointed as an Anglican bishop in New South Wales...
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