John Hepworth

This article is about the religious leader. For the Australian writer and editor of Nation Review, see John Hepworth (writer).

The Right Reverend

John Hepworth
ChurchTraditional Anglican Communion
In office2003–2012
PredecessorLouis Falk
SuccessorSamuel Prakash
Orders
Ordination1968
Consecration1996
Personal details
Born23 March 1944
Adelaide, South Australia
Died1 December 2021 (aged 77)
Adelaide, South Australia

John Anthony Hepworth (23 March 1944[1] – 1 December 2021) was an Australian bishop. He was the ordinary of the Anglican Catholic Church in Australia and the archbishop and primate of the Traditional Anglican Communion, an international body of continuing Anglican churches, from 2003 to 2012.[2]

  1. ^ "HEPWORTH, John Anthony | Death Notices | Adelaide".
  2. ^ "For Immediate Release" (PDF). Johannesburg, South Africa: The Traditional Anglican Communion College of Bishops. 1 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 April 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012. The College of Bishops voted unanimously to accept the resignation of John Hepworth as TAC Primate by resolution that states: "it is resolved that he cease to hold the office of Primate immediately". Archbishop John Hepworth vacates the Office he has held since 2003, along with the individual appointments which are the prerogatives of that Office.