Bruce Winston Wilson (23 August 1942 – 20 March 2021) was a

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of the

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. He served as the Anglican Bishop of Bathurst in

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from 1989 to 2000. Wilson was educated at Canterbury Boys' High School and the

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. He was

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in 1966. His first posts were curacies at Darling Point and Beverly Hills, Sydney. After this he was Anglican Chaplain at the University of New South Wales and then Rector of St George's Paddington, Sydney. From 1984 to 1989 he was Director of St Mark's Theological College,

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and an Assistant Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn at the time of his consecration as a bishop on 27 October 1984, he was the church's youngest bishop. He was elected Bishop of Bathurst in 1989, retired effective 25 March 2000 and he was married to Zandra Wilson. Wilson died on 20 March 2021 after a long cardiac illness. While Bishop of Bathurst, Wilson ordained Gloria Shipp the first Aboriginal woman to become a priest in the Anglican Church of Australia.Hayward, Patricia (24 April 1997)
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1942 births 2021 deaths People educated at Canterbury Boys' High School University of Sydney alumni Anglican bishops of Bathurst Assistant bishops in the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub