Roger Herft

Roger Herft
Anglican Archbishop of Perth
Church Anglican Church of Australia
See Anglican Diocese of Perth
In Office 2005 — present
Predecessor Archbishop Peter Carnley
Successor incumbent
Orders
Consecration 11 June 2005
Personal details
Born 11 July 1948(1948-07-11)
Wattegama, Sri Lanka
Previous post Bishop of Waikato
Bishop of Newcastle

Roger Adrian Herft (born 11 July 1948) is a bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia. He has been the Archbishop of Perth since 2005.[1]

Born in Wattegama, Sri Lanka, Herft studied at the Royal College in Colombo, later training for the ministry at United Theological College of Lanka in Pilimatalawe, receiving a B.Th. and B.D. degree from the University of Serampore.[1][2] After working in parish ministry and prison chaplaincy, he was invited by the Diocese of Waikato in New Zealand to become a Parish Consultant in 1983. In 1986, Herft was elected Bishop of Waikato, becoming one of the youngest bishops in the Anglican Communion.[1][2][3]

Herft was elected Bishop of Newcastle, New South Wales, in 1992 and enthroned at Christ Church Cathedral in May 1993.[1][4] He was chaplain of the 13th Lambeth Conference in 1998.[1][5][6]

In 2004, Herft was elected as the seventh Archbishop of Perth and Metropolitan of the Province of Western Australia and was installed on 11 June 2005, succeeding Peter Carnley.[1][7]

Herft nominated Kay Goldsworthy as Australia's first female Anglican bishop and consecrated her at St George's Cathedral in Perth on 22 May 2008.[8]

Herft is married to Cheryl and they have two adult sons, Romesh and Jason.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Archbishops Biography". Website of the Diocese of Perth. Diocese of Perth. http://www.perth.anglican.org/?pageid=3&person=5. Retrieved 2008-05-22. 
  2. ^ a b "Archbishop Roger Herft's migration odyssey". The University of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 2008-07-22. http://web.archive.org/web/20080722074115/http://www.library.uwa.edu.au/news/archive/archbishop_robert_herfts_migration_odyssey. Retrieved 2008-05-22. 
  3. ^ "History of the Diocese". Website of the Diocese of Waikato. The Diocese of Waikato. http://www.hn-ang.org.nz/index/aboutus/history.html. Retrieved 2008-05-22. 
  4. ^ "A Brief History of Christ Church Cathedral". Website of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. The Diocese of Newcastle, Australia. http://www.newcastlecathedral.org.au/history.html. Retrieved 2008-05-22. 
  5. ^ "Chaplains at the ready in Eliot" (pdf). The Lambeth Daily. The 1998 Lambeth Conference. 2008-07-18. http://www.lambethconference.org/1998/news/lambethdaily/071898ld.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-22. 
  6. ^ Cynthia McFarland, Brian Reid, and Simon Sarmiento (1998). "The Lambeth Conference". Society of Archbishop Justus. http://justus.anglican.org/resources/Lambeth1998/lambeth.html. Retrieved 2008-05-22. 
  7. ^ "Previous Bishops and Archbishop". Website of the Diocese of Perth. Diocese of Perth. http://www.perth.anglican.org/web/The_Archbishop_and_Bishops/Previous_Bishops_and_Archbishops/. Retrieved 2008-05-22. 
  8. ^ Morris, Linda (23 May 2008). "Blessing of History, as first woman bishop consecrated". The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax). http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/blessing-of-history-as-first-woman-bishop-consecrated/2008/05/22/1211183001218.html. Retrieved 2008-05-23. 
Religious titles
Preceded by
Peter Carnley		 Archbishop of Perth
2005–present		 Incumbent
Bishops of Waikato