Global InformationSaibo Mabo information
The Right Reverend Saibo Mabo | |
|---|---|
| Assistant Bishop of North Queensland; National Torres Strait Islander Bishop | |
| Church | Anglican Church of Australia |
| Diocese | North Queensland |
| Installed | 24 February 2002[1] |
| Term ended | 2015 |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 24 February 2002[1] by Phillip Aspinall |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 May 1947[2] |
| Died | 12 May 2017 (aged 69)[2] |
| Nationality | Australia |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Sania[2] |
| Children | 2 sons[2] |
| Alma mater | Nungalinya College[3] |
Saibo Mabo (14 May 1947 – 12 May 2017) was an Australian bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia. He served as an assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of North Queensland from 2002 to 2015, and as National Bishop to the Torres Strait Islander people during that time.[4]
- ^ a b "Consecration of Bishop Saibo Mabo, Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of North Queensland". Anglican Communion News Service. Anglican Communion Office. 8 March 2002. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ a b c d Scullion, Nigel; Entsch, Warren (5 July 2017). "Bishop Saibo Mabo: A Guiding Light for Indigenous People of Far North Queensland". National Indigenous Australians Agency. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
- ^ Loos, Noel (2007). White Christ black cross : the emergence of a Black church. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press. p. 152. ISBN 9780855755539.
- ^ Rigby, Mark; Stephen, Adam (27 August 2015). "A life of faith: Torres Strait Bishop Saibo Mabo". ABC Far North Queensland. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 17 January 2020.