Graham Richard Delbridge (22 May 1917 – 8 June 1980) was the sixth bishop of the

Diocese of Gippsland The Diocese of Gippsland is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia, founded in 1902. It is situated in the Gippsland region of the state of Victoria, Australia and covers most of the eastern part of the state. The diocesan cathedral is ...

in Australia from 1974 to 1980. Delbridge was born on 22 May 1917. He was educated at

Moore 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 ...

. He became Director of Youth Work in the

Anglican Diocese of Sydney The Diocese of Sydney is a diocese in Sydney, within the Province of New South Wales of the Anglican Church of Australia. The majority of the diocese is evangelical and low church in tradition. The diocese goes as far as Lithgow in the wes ...

and held incumbencies at

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, and St Matthew's Manly. From 1963 he was an

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and senior chaplain to the

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, and in 1969 he became a

coadjutor bishop A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) is a bishop in the Catholic, Anglican, and (historically) Eastern Orthodox churches whose main role is to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese. The coadjutor (literally, "co ...

in the Diocese of Sydney: he was consecrated a bishop on 8 April at

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. From 1973 he was a member of the Anglican-Orthodox Joint Doctrinal Commission, and he supported ecumenical endeavours in Australia. On 8 June 1980 he and his 21-year-old daughter Judy were killed in a motoring accident near Sale.

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1917 births Moore Theological College alumni Anglican archdeacons in Australia Anglican bishops of Gippsland 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia Assistant bishops in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney Road incident deaths in Victoria (Australia) 1980 deaths {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub