Kay Goldsworthy


Kay Goldsworthy

Archbishop of Perth
Archbishop Goldsworthy in 2019
Goldsworthy in 2019
ChurchAnglican Church of Australia
ProvinceWestern Australia
DiocesePerth
Elected29 August 2017
Installed10 February 2018
PredecessorRoger Herft
Other post(s)Metropolitan of Western Australia (ex officio)
Previous post(s)
Orders
Ordination9 February 1986 (as deacon)
by David Penman
7 March 1992 (as priest)
by Peter Carnley
Consecration22 May 2008
by Roger Herft
Personal details
Born
Kay Maree Goldsworthy

1956 (age 67–68)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
DenominationAnglicanism
SpouseJeri James
Children2
Alma materTrinity College, Melbourne
Coat of armsCoat of arms of Kay Goldsworthy

Kay Maree Goldsworthy AO (born 1956)[1] is an Australian bishop of the Anglican Church of Australia. She is the current archbishop of Perth in the Province of Western Australia.[2][3] Upon her installation as archbishop, on 10 February 2018, she became the first female archbishop in the Anglican Church of Australia.[4] Previously, she served as diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Gippsland in the south-eastern Australian state of Victoria.[2]

  1. ^ Doogue, Geraldine (25 May 2008). "COMPASS: A Woman Bishop". ABC Religion & Ethics. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b ABC Online"Anglican Church appoints Australia's first female Archbishop Kay Goldsworthy". Australia: ABC News. 29 August 2017.
  3. ^ Weber, David (10 February 2018). "Kay Goldsworthy makes history in Perth by becoming the world's first female Anglican Archbishop". Australia: ABC News. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  4. ^ "First female Archbishop elected in Australia". Anglicannews.org. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.