Donald Kingsley Kirk is an Australian

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bishop. Since June 2019 he has been the

Bishop of Riverina The Diocese of Riverina is one of 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. The diocese covers 37% of New South Wales, including the Riverina and the far west of the state. The diocese was established in 1884 when the Diocese of Goulbu ...

in the

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. Kirk trained for ordination at

St John's College, Morpeth St John's College, Morpeth, known colloquially as the "Poor Man's College, Armidale", was opened in Armidale in 1898 as a theological college to train clergy to serve in the Church of England in Australia. It moved to Morpeth in 1926 and closed i ...

, and was ordained in 1986. His first ministry appointment in charge of a parish was in 1989 in Mount Vincent, near Cessnock in

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. He served as Dean of Grafton from 2008 until 2017, then served as rector of the Parish of Hamilton and Archdeacon of the Southwest in the

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until his election as bishop. Kirk was installed as Bishop of Riverina on 15 June 2019 at St Alban the Martyr Cathedral,

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. As bishop, during the intense drought in the Riverina region, Kirk criticised the water market in the Murray-Darling Basin and called for water to be recognised as not only a commercial commodity but a physical and spiritual fundamental. Kirk is married to Camryn and has a son and daughter.

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