Christopher Jones (Anglican bishop)

The Right Reverend

Christopher Jones
Assistant Bishop
Diocese of Tasmania
ChurchAnglican Church of Australia
DioceseTasmania
Installed26 February 2008[1]
Orders
Consecration26 February 2008[1]
by John Harrower
Personal details
Born1964
NationalityAustralian
DenominationAnglican

Christopher Randall Jones (born 1964)[2] is an Australian bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia. He has served as an assistant bishop and vicar-general in the Anglican Diocese of Tasmania since February 2008. He has also been the CEO of Anglicare Tasmania since 1988.[3]

Jones has held a number of positions in the diocese since 1992, including parish ministry at Kingston, Burnie, Scottsdale and Dorset, before holding positions in the diocese as an archdeacon from 2005 to 2008 and then assistant bishop since 2008.[2] Jones was consecrated bishop on 26 February 2008,[1] along with fellow bishop Ross Nicholson, as part of a new focus on ministry and mission in the diocese.[4]

  1. ^ a b c Percy, Natasha (27 February 2008). "Recognise this face?". Sydney Anglicans. Anglican Diocese of Sydney. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Statement - Christopher Randall Jones" (PDF). Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Commonwealth of Australia. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Rt Rev Dr Chris Jones, TasCOSS Life Member". Tasmanian Council of Social Services. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  4. ^ "A new direction for Tasmanian Anglican Church". Christian Today. Christian Today. 2008.