Peter Watson was the archbishop

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 of the Anglican

Anglican Church of Australia

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 Diocese

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 of Melbourne

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. Watson was born in Sydney

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. He was ordained

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 as a priest

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 in Sydney in 1962 and consecrated as the Bishop

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 of Parramatta

Parramatta, New South Wales

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 (in Sydney) in 1989 and became Bishop of South Sydney in 1993. In 2000 he was elected to succeed Keith Rayner

Keith Rayner

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as Archbishop of Melbourne and was installed on 14 May 2000. He retired as archbishop in 2005.

Extra sources

• http://www.sydneyanglicans.net/archive/southerncross/articles/friends_of_banned_bishop_stand_firm/
• http://www.anglicantas.org.au/watson_peter_20040901/ Archbishop's Presidential Charge to Synod