Ross Owen Davies (born 4 February 1955) is an Australian former

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. He was the bishop of the

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in the

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from 2002 to 2010. Davies was educated at the

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( BA 1977,

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1979) and St Barnabas College, Adelaide (

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, ThL 1981).''Crockford's Clerical Directory, 2006-07'', 99th Edition, p 204. He served in parishes in Australia until 1991, the last of which was as rector of St Paul's, Camperdown. He was then priest-in-charge of

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and

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(1991–94) and then curate of

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with

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(1994–97). He then returned to Australia, where he was rector of

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(1997-2000), before becoming Archdeacon of The Murray (2000–02). In 2002 he was appointed the bishop of the

in the Anglican Church of Australia. In September 2010, he resigned and was found guilty by a church tribunal of "disgraceful conduct and wilful violation of church ordinances". He was subsequently removed from holy orders on 13 December 2010, only the second bishop to be so removed. Davies had belonged to the traditionalist

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. On 27 September 2010, three days after resigning as the Bishop of The Murray, he was received into the

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as a

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, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide.Alt URL
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Findings of the Special Tribunal
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