Peter Watson (bishop)

Peter R. Watson was the archbishop of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne.

Watson was born in Sydney in 1936. He attended Canterbury Boys' High School. He was ordained as a priest in Sydney in 1962 and consecrated as the Bishop of Parramatta (in Sydney) in 1989 and became Bishop of South Sydney in 1993. In 2000 he was elected to succeed Keith Rayner as Archbishop of Melbourne and was installed on 14 May 2000.^[1] He retired as archbishop in 2005.^[2] He is married to Margo (Eleanor) Watson.^[3]

References

Assistant bishops in the Diocese of Sydney

Pre-Regions	Gerard D'Arcy-Irvine Sydney Kirkby Venn Pilcher William Hilliard Clive Kerle Marcus Loane Goodwin Hudson Frank Hulme-Moir Jack Dain

Bishops of the Western Region	Gordon Begbie Donald Robinson Peter Watson Brian King Ivan Lee

Bishops of Wollongong	Graham Delbridge Ken Short Harry Goodhew Reg Piper Al Stewart Peter Hayward

Bishops of South Sydney	John Reid Peter Watson Robert Forsyth

Bishops of the North Region	Donald Cameron Paul Barnett Glenn Davies Chris Edwards

Bishops of Georges River	Ray Smith Peter Tasker Peter Tasker (Acting) Peter Lin

Anglican Bishops and Archbishops of Melbourne

Bishops	Charles Perry James Moorhouse Field Flowers Goe Lowther Clarke

Archbishops	Lowther Clarke Harrington Lees Frederick Head Joseph Booth Sir Frank Woods Robert Dann David Penman Keith Rayner Peter Watson Philip Freier

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