Matthew Brain is an Australian bishop of the

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.He has served as the 10th bishop of the

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in regional

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since February 2018. Between June 2015 and 2018 he served as an

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in the

Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn The Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn is one of the 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. The diocese has 60 parishes covering most of south-east New South Wales, the eastern Riverina and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). It st ...

Early life and parish ministry

Brain is the son of

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, the former Bishop of Armidale in

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. He was ordained in 2003 and initially served in the

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until 2010 as diocesan youth minister and rector in Kalbarri. In 2013, Brain moved to the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn where he initially served as Director of Parish Support, Chaplaincy and Mission, where he has worked closely with parishes and chaplains to develop their capacity for ministry.

Episcopal ministry

On 13 June 2015, Brain was consecrated as bishop by Archbishop

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and installed as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Goulburn and Canberra. In this position, Brain was responsible for ministry training and development in the diocese and oversaw parish support chaplaincy and mission. He also served as the rector of Arawang Anglican Church in

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in Canberra and as deputy chair of the board of St Marks Theological College. In December 2017, Brain was elected as the tenth Bishop of Bendigo, succeeding Andrew Curnow who had recently retired. He was installed as Bishop of Bendigo on 17 February 2018. As Bishop of Bendigo, Brain has called for survivors of clergy sexual abuse to have more say on redress schemes and for the

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to "fix up the mess" created with

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Personal life

Brain is married to Rachael and has five children.

References

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