Phillip Aspinall (as primate) Peter Watson (as archbishop)
Successor
Geoffrey Smith (as primate)
Orders
Ordination
1982
Consecration
1999 (bishop)
Rank
2006 (archbishop)
Personal details
Born
Philip Leslie Freier
(1955-02-09) 9 February 1955 (age 69)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nationality
Australian
Denomination
Anglicanism
Spouse
Joy née Launder
Previous post(s)
Bishop of the Northern Territory (1999–2006)
Alma mater
Queensland Institute of Technology
University of Queensland
Melbourne College of Divinity
University of Newcastle
James Cook University
Insignia of ChStJ
Philip Leslie Freier (born 9 February 1955) is an Australian Anglican bishop. He has been the 13th Archbishop of Melbourne since 16 December 2006. He served as Primate of Australia from 28 June 2014[1] until 31 March 2020.[2] Previously, he served as Bishop of the Northern Territory between 1999 and 2006.
^"Melbourne Archbishop Dr Philip Freier chosen as Anglican Primate of Australia". The Australian. 28 June 2014. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
^"Anglican Church of Australia's Board of Electors to hold fresh election for primate". Anglican Communion News Service. Anglican Communion Office. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
Philip Leslie Freier (born 9 February 1955) is an Australian Anglican bishop. He has been the 13th Archbishop of Melbourne since 16 December 2006. He served...
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years". In 2018, the Primate of Australia and Archbishop of Melbourne, PhilipFreier, released an ad clerum reiterating the current position that clergy...
2012. "Peace Prize Winner Tim Costello in Conversation with Archbishop PhilipFreier". Christianity Today. Archived from the original on 27 September 2009...
Melbourne. Retrieved 18 January 2020. Freier, Philip (1 April 2016). "Two new bishops for Melbourne". PhilipFreier: Anglican Primate of Australia. Anglican...
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appointed by the then Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia, PhilipFreier and Chief of the Defence Force, Angus Campbell, as Anglican Bishop to...
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about creating wills that favour the diocese. Between the retirement of PhilipFreier on 31 March 2020 and the election of Geoffrey Smith on 7 April 2020...
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Retrieved 14 March 2021. Brolly, Mark (17 March 2020). "Vote for Archbishop Freier's successor as Primate deadlocked". The Melbourne Anglican. Retrieved 15...
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2003 and 2012. In July 2012, the Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, PhilipFreier appointed him to be the Principal of Ridley College, who also ordained...
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accused Access Ministries of bias, the Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne PhilipFreier, came to their defence, stating he believes that in the vast majority...
5. November 1992 – via University of Divinity Digital Collections. "PhilipFreier enthroned as 10th Archbishop of Melbourne". Archived from the original...
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