Peter Brain

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Peter Robert Brain (born 2 April 1947) is a retired bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia. He was Bishop of Armidale from 2000 until April 2012.

Brain was educated at North Sydney Technical High School.Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 {{ISBN|978-0-7136-8555-8}}

Brain studied at Moore Theological College and was formerly rector of the Wanneroo parish in Western Australia. There he gained a reputation for encouraging his fellow clergy. He was also parish priest of St Luke's Maddington in Western Australia for many years.

The Armidale diocese has the reputation of having the highest proportion of Evangelical clergy of any Anglican diocese in the world{{Citation needed|date=November 2011}} (even higher, proportionally, than the Sydney diocese, which may be the largest Evangelical diocese in terms of total population).

Brain obtained a Doctor of Ministry degree from Fuller Theological Seminary. His doctoral work led him to write Going the Distance: How to Stay Fit for A Lifetime of Ministry, which achieved a "highly commended" in the 2004 Australian Christian Book of the Year awards.[http://www.spcka.org.au/ACBYA_2004.htm 2004 Christian Book of the Year] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609104707/http://www.spcka.org.au/ACBYA_2004.htm |date=2007-06-09 }}

Brain is married to Christine Brain[http://justus.anglican.org/resources/misc/angcommuniondirectory.html Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000] with four children, including Matt Brain the current Bishop of Bendigo.{{cite web |last1=Brighton |first1=Wayne |title=Dr Matt Brain consecrated as bishop |url=http://anglicancg.org.au/news.php/176/dr-matt-brain-consecrated-as-bishop |website=Canberra and Goulburn Anglican Community |publisher=Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn |accessdate=11 January 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227162011/http://anglicancg.org.au/news.php/176/dr-matt-brain-consecrated-as-bishop |archivedate=27 February 2017}}