Colin Davies Sheumack (9 February 1929 – 5 January 2006) was the 8th

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from 1987 to 1994. Sheumack was educated at Inverell High School and

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. He was

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of Kemeruka and then Kyabram,

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and Dean of Bathurst before his ordination to the

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. He was consecrated a bishop on 20 December 1987 at St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne.

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1929 births Moore Theological College alumni Archdeacons of Bendigo Anglican bishops of Gippsland Deans of Bathurst 2006 deaths 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub