John Douglas Harrower (born 16 October 1947) is an Australian
Anglican
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bishop who served as the eleventh
Bishop of Tasmania from 2000 to 2015.
Harrower was educated at the
University of Melbourne and worked as a
petroleum engineer and industrial
consultant
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Consulting servic ...
. In 1979, he went with the
Church Missionary Society to
Argentina, where he worked with university Christian groups. He was ordained as a
deacon in 1984 and
priest in 1986. Harrower returned to
Australia
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in 1988 and became successively the
Vicar of
Glen Waverley and
Archdeacon
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of
Kew before his appointment to the
episcopate in 2000. He retired at the end of September 2015.
From 2015 until 2020,
Harrower worked as an
assistant bishop
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Church of England
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in the
Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, where his role is to assist
Archbishop
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Philip Freier in his duties as
Anglican Primate of Australia. His role involved document preparation, research, attendance at related meetings, assisting the Primate in his pastoral care to Australian bishops, and responsibility for the Archbishop's external media and communications.
Harrower retired from the role when Freier's term as Primate ended on 31 March 2020.
He is married to Gayelene Harrower.
Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000
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References
Living people
Religious leaders from Melbourne
Engineers from Melbourne
1947 births
University of Melbourne alumni
Anglican archdeacons in Australia
Evangelical Anglican bishops
Anglican bishops of Tasmania
Assistant bishops in the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne
Australian Anglican missionaries
Anglican missionaries in Argentina
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