Dudley Foord (26 August 1923 – 10 September 2013) was an Australian Anglican minister who served as the third presiding bishop of the Church of England in South Africa (now the

Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa The Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa (REACH-SA), known until 2013 as the Church of England in South Africa (CESA), is a Christian denomination in South Africa. It was constituted in 1938 as a federation of churches. It appo ...

) from 1984 to 1987. Foord studied at the

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, the

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, and

Moore Theological College Moore Theological College, otherwise known simply as Moore College, is the theological training seminary of the Diocese of Sydney in the Anglican Church of Australia. The president of the Moore Theological College Council is ''ex officio'' t ...

before becoming a priest in the 1958. (He later received a

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from

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in 1977.) He served as

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from 1960 to 1965, lecturer at Moore from 1965 to 1972, and then rector of Christ Church, St Ives from 1972 to 1984. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Katoomba Men's Convention and in bringing Evangelism Explosion to Sydney. In 1984 Foord was consecrated as presiding Bishop of the

Church of England in South Africa The Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa (REACH-SA), known until 2013 as the Church of England in South Africa (CESA), is a Christian denomination in South Africa. It was constituted in 1938 as a federation of churches. It appo ...

(CESA). The service was held at St Andrew's Cathedral and involved twelve bishops, including the Archbishop of Sydney, Donald Robinson, the previous Archbishop, Sir

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, and the

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, Sir John Grindrod – even though CESA was not recognized by the

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. While in South Africa, Foord was instrumental in the establishment of George Whitefield College. According to

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, Foord was an "elder statesman" in the

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: "Along with John Chapman, Dudley helped champion the model of systematic

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John Stott John Robert Walmsley Stott (27 April 1921 – 27 July 2011) was an English Anglican cleric and theologian who was noted as a leader of the worldwide evangelical movement. He was one of the principal authors of the Lausanne Covenant in 1974. In ...

here in Sydney."

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Foord, Dudley 1923 births 2013 deaths Moore Theological College alumni Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa bishops Academic staff of Moore Theological College University of Sydney alumni Alumni of the University of London Fuller Theological Seminary alumni