Clyde Maurice Wood AM (born 7 January 1936) is a retired Australian

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. Wood was educated at

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and

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in 1965. His first ordained ministry position was as a

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of St John's Bentleigh. From 1966 he was

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of St Paul's Ringwood. He then held positions at St Philip's Mount Waverley and St Christopher's Armadale, all parishes in

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. In 1978 he became Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Darwin, and in 1983 he became the second

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, a position he held until 1992. For four years he was an

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in the Diocese of Brisbane and in 1996 he was elected diocesan Bishop of

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and installed there on 12 October 1996. He retired in 2002. He is married to Margaret Wood.

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1936 births Monash University alumni Assistant bishops in the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane Anglican bishops of the Northern Territory Anglican bishops of North Queensland Deans of Darwin Members of the Order of Australia Living people {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub