Neville James Chynoweth (3 October 1922 – 11 August 2011) was the seventh Bishop of Gippsland from 1980 to 1987. Chynoweth was educated at Manly High School,

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(ThL (Hons) in 1949 and a BD in 1969) and the

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, where he received an MA (1957). He was ordained in 1950, serving a

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at St Michael's

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(1951–52) and then a

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of the

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. From 1954 to 1963 he was Rector of St John's

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and then, from 1963 to 1966, St Anne's

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. In 1966 his ministry took him to

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, where he was Rector of

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(1966–71) and then St Paul's, Manuka (1971–74). He was appointed

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in 1973. In 1974 he was consecrated

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in the

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, serving until 1980 when he was translated as

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to the

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(1980–87). He retired in 1987 (aged 65) and served as an honorary assistant bishop in Canberra and Goulburn from 1991 to 2004. He was made a

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(AM) in the

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References

1922 births People educated at Manly Selective Campus University of Sydney alumni Anglican archdeacons in Australia Anglican bishops of Gippsland Assistant bishops in the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn Members of the Order of Australia 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia 2011 deaths {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub