Peter Watson

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For the art collector, benefactor and publisher, see Peter Watson (arts benefactor). For the business writer and intellectual historian, see Peter Watson (business writer). For the rock guitarist and member of The Action, see The Action.

The Most Reverend Peter Watson was the archbishop of the Anglican diocese of Melbourne. He was born in Sydney, ordained priest in Sydney in 1962, consecrated as Bishop of Parramatta (in Sydney) in 1989 and became Bishop of South Sydney in 1993. In 2000 he was elected to succeed Keith Rayner, the retiring Archbishop of Melbourne, and was installed as Archbishop on 14 May 2000.