Stanley Goldsworthy

Arthur Stanley Goldsworthy (18 February 1926 16 November 2014) was an Australian Anglican bishop. He was the sixth Bishop of Bunbury in the Anglican Church of Australia from 1977 to 1983.[1]

Goldsworthy was educated at Dandenong High School[2] and St Columb's Theological College, Wangaratta.[3] He was ordained in 1952.[4] His first position was a curacy in Wodonga, after which he was priest in charge of Bethanga. He then held incumbencies at Chiltern and Kensington, Melbourne. Appointments as Archdeacon of Shepparton and then Wangaratta followed before his ordination to the episcopate.[5] Further incumbencies in Hendra, Gilgandra and Meningie (Diocese of The Murray) followed before retirement in 1992. He died in McLaren Vale on 16 November 2014 and was buried in the churchyard of St Philip & St James' Church, Old Noarlunga.

References

  1. Victoria Government Gazette
  2. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  3. Brief history
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  5. J S Battye Library of West Australian History
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Ralph Gordon Hawkins
Bishop of Bunbury
1977-1983
Succeeded by
Hamish Jamieson


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