Peter Hayward

The Right Reverend

Peter Hayward
Bishop of Wollongong
ChurchAnglican Church of Australia
ProvinceProvince of New South Wales
DioceseDiocese of Sydney
In officeDecember 2015 to present
PredecessorAl Stewart
Orders
Ordination1992
Consecration13 April 2010[1]
by Peter Jensen
Personal details
Born
Peter Lindsay Hayward

1959 (age 64–65)
Sydney, Australia
NationalityAustralian
DenominationAnglicanism
SpouseJulie[2]
Children3[1]
Alma materUniversity of New South Wales (civil engineering)
Moore Theological College (theology)[3]

Peter Lindsay Hayward[4] (born 1959) is an Australian Anglican bishop who has served as an assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney since 13 April 2010, in the role of Bishop of Wollongong.[5]

Hayward was born in Sydney, but his family moved to Nowra when he was 9 years old, and he lived there for the next 20 years of his life. He studied civil engineering at the University of New South Wales, worked as a civil engineer for Shoalhaven City Council for 5 years and then trained for the Anglican ministry at Moore Theological College. He was ordained in 1992 and was a curate at Glenmore Park.[6] He then ministered at Christ the Redeemer Church in Spokane, Washington[7] and Beverly Hills, New South Wales before being ordained to the episcopate in April 2010.

Following the retirement of Glenn Davies as Anglican Archbishop of Sydney on 26 March 2021, Hayward was the administrator of the diocese.[8] Hayward was one of four nominees to replace Glenn Davies as Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, to be decided at a special election Synod in May 2021.[9] He was eliminated in the first round of voting.[10]

  1. ^ a b Thompson, Angela (18 February 2010). "Excited throng to welcome new Anglican bishop". Illawarra Mercury. Australian Community Media. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  2. ^ Roderick, Laurel-Lee (8 December 2009). "New Wollongong bishop is coming 'home'". Illawarra Mercury. Australian Community Media. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Peter Hayward - Bishop of Wollongong Region". Sydney Anglicans. Anglican Diocese of Sydney. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Assistant Bishops of the Diocese of Sydney". Sydney Diocesan Archives. Anglican Diocese of Sydney. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  5. ^ Thompson, Angela (13 April 2010). "Fresh face for city's Anglican flock". Illawarra Mercury. Australian Community Media. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  6. ^ Powell, Russell (8 December 2009). "Hayward new bishop in Gong". Sydney Anglicans. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  7. ^ George, Ben. "Moore's Influence in Spokane, Washington". Moore Matters. No. Summer 2019. Moore Theological College. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  8. ^ McEachen, Ben (25 March 2021). "Sydney Anglican Archbishop Glenn Davies' final week in the office". Eternity News. Eternity News. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  9. ^ "As Nominee for the Office of Archbishop of Sydney". Introducing Kanishka Raffel. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Raffel and Stead move to round two in Sydney election". Anglican Ink. Anglican TV Ministries. 4 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2021.