Brian George Farran (born 15 December 1944) is an Australian retired

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. He was the Bishop of Newcastle in

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. Farran was educated at the

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and

St John's College, Morpeth St John's College, Morpeth, known colloquially as the "Poor Man's College, Armidale", was opened in Armidale in 1898 as a theological college to train clergy to serve in the Anglican Church of Australia, Church of England in Australia. It moved to ...

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in 1968 his first positions were curacies at St Philip's

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and St Alban's

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. He was then

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at the Church of the Epiphany,

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, St Barnabas'

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and St Saviour's

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. In 1983 he became

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of St Paul's Cathedral, Rockhampton, and then an

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in the Diocese of Perth, serving first the Goldfields Region then the Northern Region. In 2005 he became the

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bishop of Newcastle. He retired on 15 December 2012.Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000
/ref> He is married to Robin Farran.

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1944 births Assistant bishops in the Anglican Diocese of Perth Australian National University alumni Anglican bishops of Newcastle (Australia) Living people People educated at St John's College, Morpeth {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub

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