Godfrey Charles Fryar was the eleventh Bishop of Rockhampton in the

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Early life

Fryar was educated at All Souls'

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Religious life

Fryar and

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in 1973. He was a Bush Brother until 1976 after which he held incumbencies in

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and

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. From 1993 to 1998 he was

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of St Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn. On 13 December 1998, he was consecrated a bishop at St Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn, to serve as

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in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn and installed as Rector of St John's Church

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. In 2003 he returned to the Diocese of Rockhampton as

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bishop. He retired as Bishop of Rockhampton on 13 December 2013, ten years to the day that he was appointed and fifteen since his consecration.

References

1950 births People educated at All Souls School, Charters Towers Anglican bishops of Rockhampton Anglican Church of Australia deans Assistant bishops in the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn 21st-century Anglican bishops in Australia Living people Bush Brotherhood priests {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub