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

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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 curate of St John's Bentleigh. From 1966 he was curate-in-charge of St Paul's Ringwood. He then held positions at St Philip's

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and St Christopher's Armadale, all parishes in

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. In 1978 he became

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of Christ Church Cathedral, Darwin, and in 1983 he became the second Bishop of the Northern Territory, a position he held until 1992. For four years he was an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Brisbane and in 1996 he was elected diocesan Bishop of North Queensland 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