Peter Stuart (bishop)

The Right Reverend

Peter Stuart
Bishop of Newcastle
ChurchAnglican Church of Australia
DioceseNewcastle
Installed2 February 2018[1]
Other post(s)Assistant bishop, Diocese of Newcastle (2009–2018)
Orders
Ordination1989 (as deacon)
1990 (as priest)
Consecration2 February 2009
by Peter Jensen
Personal details
Born1963 (age 60–61)[2]
England[2]
NationalityBritish, Australian
DenominationAnglican
SpouseNicki[2]
Children2[2]
Alma materUniversity of Tasmania (B. Comm)
Melbourne College of Divinity (B. Div)
University of Technology, Sydney (M. Management)
Flinders University (D. Education)[2]

Peter Derrick James Stuart[3] (born 1963) is a British-born Anglican bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia. He has served as the bishop of the Diocese of Newcastle since 2 February 2018. He previously served as an assistant bishop in the diocese from 2009 to 2018.[2]

Stuart has generated attention within the Anglican Church of Australia for his social justice activism. He supported the decriminalisation of abortion in NSW.[4] He actively supported the LGBTIQA+ community in campaigns calling for an to end conversion practices.[5] The Newcastle Diocese supports the blessing of people in same-sex marriages [6]

Following the retirement of Brian Farran on 15 December 2012, until the installation Bishop Greg Thompson on 2 February 2014,[7] Stuart administered the diocese.[8] He resumed administration of the diocese on 1 December 2016 prior to Thompson's resignation as bishop on 31 May 2017 due to bullying.[9] He was elected as the Bishop of Newcastle by the diocesan synod on 25 November 2017 and was installed on 2 February 2018.[1]

Stuart was born in England in 1963, emigrating to Australia in 1971. He is a graduate of the University of Tasmania, the Melbourne College of Divinity (entering Trinity College Theological School in Melbourne in 1987), the University of Technology in Sydney and Flinders University.[10][11] He was ordained deacon in 1989 and priest in 1990 in the Diocese of Tasmania. He served as principal of St Barnabas College, Adelaide from 2002 to 2009.[2] He was consecrated as a bishop on 2 February 2009 by Archbishop Peter Jensen at Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle.

  1. ^ a b McCarthy, Joanne (28 November 2017). "Newly-elected Newcastle Anglican Bishop Peter Stuart a 'passionate supporter' of women in ministry". The Newcastle Herald.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Bishops". Anglican Diocese of Newcastle. Anglican Diocese of Newcastle. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  3. ^ "BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE" (PDF). Anglican Diocese of Newcastle. Anglican Diocese of Newcastle. p. 4. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  4. ^ https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/newcastle-breakfast/bishop-stuart-on-abortion/11386986
  5. ^ https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/8089481/no-threat-to-churches-hunter-bishop-backs-conversion-therapy-ban/
  6. ^ https://virtueonline.org/australia-bishop-newcastle-defiantly-approves-same-sex-blessings
  7. ^ Rigney, Sam (2 February 2014). "New Anglican bishop promises justice, compassion". The Newcastle Herald.
  8. ^ "Anglican Diocese Newcastle - Bishop Administrator". Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  9. ^ McCarthy, Joanne (16 March 2017). "Newcastle Anglican Bishop Greg Thompson resigns". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  10. ^ "The Right Reverend Dr Peter Stuart". Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  11. ^ "New assistant bishop appointed for Newcastle". The Newcastle Herald. 20 November 2008.