Philip Huggins

Philip James Huggins (born 16 October 1948) is a bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia. He was the ninth Bishop of Grafton.[1]

Huggins was educated at Monash University[2] and ordained in 1977. He began his ordained ministry in the Diocese of Bendigo. After this he was an industrial chaplain in the Diocese of Melbourne and a chaplain at Monash University. From 1991 he was Vicar of Williamstown and, from 1994, the Archdeacon of Essendon. He was a regional bishop in the Diocese of Perth from 1995 to 1998; the diocesan Bishop of Grafton from 1998 to 2003; and has been a regional bishop in the Diocese of Melbourne since 2004.[3] He is married to Elizabeth Cuming.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Diocesan Year Book
  2. ↑ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  3. ↑ Anglican Communion
  4. ↑ Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Bruce Allen Schultz		 Bishop of Grafton
1998–2003 		Succeeded by
Keith Francis Slater