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Tom Reed (bishop)
Thomas Thornton Reed CBE (9 September 1902 – 19 August 1995) was an Anglican bishop. Early life Reed was educated at the Collegiate School of St Peter, Adelaide and Trinity College (University of Melbourne), Trinity College, University of Melbourne. He was ordained in 1927 and after a Curate, curacy at St Augustine's Church, Unley, St Augustine's, Unley, South Australia, Unley he was priest in charge of the Berri Mission then a Tutor, resident tutor at St. Mark's College (University of Adelaide), St Mark's College, University of Adelaide. From 1936 to 1954 he held Vicar, incumbencies at Henley Beach and Rose Park, South Australia, Rose Park. He was then successively an archdeacon and Dean (religion), dean before becoming the Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide, Bishop of Adelaide. He was consecrated a bishop on 30 May 1957 at St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide. When the Province of South Australia included three dioceses with the creation of the Diocese of the Murray his position ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide . Adherents of Anglicanism are called ''Anglicans''; they are also called ''Episcopalians'' in some countries. The majority of Anglicans are members of national or regional ecclesiastical provinces of the international Anglican Communion, which forms the third-largest Christian communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. These provinces are in full communion with the See of Canterbury and thus with the Archbishop of Canterbury, whom the communion refers to as its '' primus inter pares'' (Latin, 'first among equals'). The Archbishop calls the decennial Lambeth Conference, chairs the meeting of primates, and is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
