Peter Robert Watson (born 1936) is a retired Australian Anglican bishop. He served as the

Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne The Archbishop of Melbourne is the diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, Australia, and '' ex officio'' metropolitan bishop of the ecclesiastical Province of Melbourne. List of Bishops and Archbishops of Melbourne Referenc ...

from 2000 to 2005. Watson was born in Sydney in 1936. He attended Canterbury Boys' High School. He was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform var ...

as a

priest A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particu ...

in Sydney in 1962 and consecrated as the

Bishop of Parramatta The assistant bishops of Sydney are the assistant bishops in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, Australia. They each assist the Archbishop of Sydney by maintaining delegated episcopal oversight over a particular geographical area. Prior to the form ...

(in Sydney) in 1989 and became

Bishop of South Sydney The assistant bishops of Sydney are the assistant bishops in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, Australia. They each assist the Archbishop of Sydney by maintaining delegated episcopal oversight over a particular geographical area. Prior to the fo ...

in 1993. In 2000 he was elected to succeed Keith Rayner as Archbishop of Melbourne and was installed on 14 May 2000. He retired as archbishop effective 31 December 2005. He is married to Margo (Eleanor) Watson.Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000
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"Archbishop's Presidential Charge to Synod"
Living people 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia 21st-century Anglican archbishops Anglican archbishops of Melbourne Assistant bishops in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney 1936 births {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub