Godfrey Fryar

Godfrey Charles Fryar {{citation needed span|date=July 2021|(born 5 February 1950)}} was the eleventh Bishop of Rockhampton in the Anglican Church of Australia.{{Cite web |url=http://www.anglicanrock.org.au/bishopsletter.html |title=Diocese of Rockhampton website |access-date=4 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208220650/http://www.anglicanrock.org.au/bishopsletter.html |archive-date=8 December 2010 |url-status=dead }}

Early life

Fryar was educated at All Souls' Charters Towers.

Religious life

Fryar and ordained in 1973.Crockford's clerical directory (Lambeth, Church House, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}}) He was a Bush Brother until 1976 after which he held incumbencies in Rockhampton, Mackay and Stafford, Queensland.Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 {{ISBN|978-0-7136-8555-8}} From 1993 to 1998 he was Dean of St Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn. On 13 December 1998, he was consecrated a bishop at St Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn,{{Cite web|title=Series SPSES257 - Special Services|url=http://anglicanarchives.org.au/HDMS-HTML/SPSES257.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410114708/http://anglicanarchives.org.au/HDMS-HTML/SPSES257.htm|archive-date=10 April 2013|access-date=5 August 2021|website=Anglican Archives Australia}} to serve as Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn and installed as Rector of St John's Church Wagga Wagga. In 2003 he returned to the Diocese of Rockhampton as diocesan bishop.{{Cite web|title=Autographs of religious leaders: FRB-FUM|url=http://www.havelshouseofhistory.com/Autographs%20of%20Religious%20Leaders%20FRB-FUM.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204131149/http://www.havelshouseofhistory.com/Autographs%20of%20Religious%20Leaders%20FRB-FUM.htm|archive-date=4 February 2012|access-date=5 August 2021|website=Havel's House of History}} He retired as Bishop of Rockhampton on 13 December 2013, ten years to the day that he was appointed and fifteen since his consecration.{{Cite web|last=Mackay|first=Jacquie|date=11 June 2013|title=Bishop Godfrey Fryar to retire in December|url=http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2013/06/bishop-godfrey-fryar-to-retire-in-december.html|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002939/http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2013/06/bishop-godfrey-fryar-to-retire-in-december.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|access-date=5 August 2021}}{{Cite web|date=2013-06-11|title=Rockhampton's Anglican Bishop to retire|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-06-11/rockhamptons-anglican-bishop-to-retire/4745640|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-05|website=ABC News|language=en-AU|archive-date=31 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031161720/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-06-11/rockhamptons-anglican-bishop-to-retire/4745640}}{{Cite web|last=Schwarten|first=C.|date=8 June 2013|title=Ten years is enough for Bishop Fryar|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/rockhampton/ten-years-is-enough-for-bishop-fryar/news-story/e130f913fcd79b10b58caebb83215dff|url-status=live|access-date=5 August 2021|website=Rockhampton Morning Bulletin|archive-date=5 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805001441/https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/rockhampton/ten-years-is-enough-for-bishop-fryar/news-story/e130f913fcd79b10b58caebb83215dff?nk=78ce307e1353523275cf99f3c490779f-1628122481}}

References

Category:1950 births

Category:People educated at All Souls School, Charters Towers

Category:Anglican bishops of Rockhampton

Category:Anglican Church of Australia deans

Category:Assistant bishops in the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn

Category:21st-century Anglican bishops in Australia

Category:Living people

Category:Bush Brotherhood priests