George Victor Browning

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The Right Reverend George Victor Browning was the 9th bishop of the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn in the Anglican Church of Australia. He was elected on January 31 1993 and installed on May 30 1993.

Bishop Browning was born in Brighton, England on September 28 1942. His family were dairy farmers in Sussex. He attended Ardingly College and Lewes County Grammar School, before moving to Australia in 1960.

He studied at St John's Theological College, Morpeth, where he obtained a Licentiate in Theology with first class honours. He was made deacon in 1966 and ordained priest in 1967.

He became Assistant Priest in Inverell, NSW (1966), Assistant Priest at St Peter's Cathedral, Armidale (1968), and Vicar at Warialda, NSW (1969). In 1973 he became Vice-Principal of St John's Theological College, Morpeth, where he was also Acting Principal (1974). In 1976 he became Rector of Singleton, NSW. He was appointed Archdeacon of the Upper Hunter (New South Wales) in 1982. In 1984 he became Rector of Woy Woy and Archdeacon of the Central Coast of New South Wales.

He was consecrated as Bishop on 21 September 1985, and served as Bishop of the Northern Region in the Diocese of Brisbane until 1992 when he became responsible for the Coastal Region. From 1988 to 1991 he was also Principal of St Francis Theological College, Milton, Queensland.

In 2005, Bishop Browning became Convenor of the Anglican Communion Environmental Network. In 2007, he was awarded and honorary doctorate by Charles Sturt University.

Bishop Browning is married to Margaret and they have three adult sons, Philip, Richard, and Timothy, and two adopted daughters, Pat and Chris. He lists his recreations as running, squash, bee-keeping and bushwalking.

Bishop Browning retired as Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn in February 2008. In May 2008 the Bishop of Salisbury, England, licensed him as priest in charge of the Wriggle Valley benefice in the county of Dorset.^[1]