John Douglas Harrower (born 16 October 1947) is an Australian

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bishop who served as the eleventh Bishop of Tasmania from 2000 to 2015. Harrower was educated at the

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and worked as a petroleum engineer and industrial

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. In 1979, he went with the

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, where he worked with university Christian groups. He was ordained as a

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in 1984 and

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in 1986. Harrower returned to

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in 1988 and became successively the

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and

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before his appointment to the

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in 2000. He retired at the end of September 2015. From 2015 until 2020, Harrower worked as an

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in the

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in his duties as

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. 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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