Andrew William Curnow (born 1950) is a retired bishop of the

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. He was the ninth bishop of the

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in regional

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, from 2003 to 2017. Curnow took degrees in commerce, divinity and arts, entering residence at

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in 1968 where he was awarded the Marley Studentship in Theology. He was ordained priest in 1974 and served in the Bendigo, Melbourne and New York dioceses. In 1994 he was appointed assistant bishop in the Diocese of Melbourne, serving the northern region. He was enthroned as bishop of Bendigo on 28 June 2003 where he served until his retirement in 2017. Curnow has lived, studied and ministered in widely diverse communities and parishes, ranging from those in rural Victoria (Elmore, Lockington), to regional centres such as Bendigo, Melbourne suburbs (West Coburg, Pascoe Vale South, Kew and Malvern) and overseas in New York and Virginia in the United States and Oxford in England. He is prominent in his concern for welfare issues (through involvement in and leadership of groups such as Anglicare Australia, St Luke's Anglicare, the Brotherhood of St Laurence and welfare services such as New Horizons Welfare Services in Kyneton, Victoria). Curnow has had leadership roles in Christian education in the

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, at Braemar College and the Melbourne College of Divinity. He has a particular interest in the theology of mission in contemporary Australia on which he has written extensively. He is married to Jan Curnow.Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000
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Diocese of Bendigo website
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