Richard Franklin Appleby (born 17 November 1940) is a retired Australian Anglican

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. Appleby he was educated at the

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in 1967, his first posts were

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in Glenroy and

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. He was then

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and chaplain to the Archbishop of Perth. From 1975 he was

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of Belmont and then

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of Bathurst (1980–1983). From his consecration as a bishop on 2 February 1983 to 1992 he was Assistant Bishop of Newcastle; then he became diocesan Bishop of the Northern Territory until 1999; he served as an Assistant Bishop of Brisbane for the Northern Region, until 5 February 2006; and finally as Bishop Assisting the

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. He is married to Elizabeth Appleby. On 19 February 2019, the Professional Standards Tribunal of the Newcastle diocese recommended that Appleby be removed from holy orders as a result of his failure to protect children after being informed of instances of child sexual abuse in the 1980s and '90s. However, a review board determined that Appleby had been denied procedural fairness in the decision.

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1940 births University of Melbourne alumni Deans of Bathurst Assistant bishops in the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle (Australia) Anglican bishops of the Northern Territory Living people {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub