Bob Dann
Robert William "Bob" Dann (28 September 1914 – 10 April 2008)[1] was the 9th Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne.
Dann studied for ordination at Trinity College at the University of Melbourne[2] and was ordained in 1946. His first post was as Director of Youth and Religious Education in the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne. After successive incumbencies[3] he was appointed the Archdeacon of Essendon and, in 1969, he became a bishop coadjutor of the diocese before becoming the archbishop eight years later.[4] He retired in 1983.
He died on 10 April 2008, aged 93.[5]
Notes
- ↑ All the Company of Heaven: A Guide to the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Beaumaris. Retrieved 1 March 2014
- ↑ “Who’s Who, 2007” London, AC Black, 2006 ISBN 978-0-7136-7527-6
- ↑ Early Career
- ↑ "A New Archbishop of Melbourne", The Times, 10 November 1977, p. 18.
- ↑ Some sources give the date of death as 11 April, but a death notice inserted by his family in The Age of 14 April 2008 states 10 April.
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| Preceded by Sir Frank Woods |
Archbishop of Melbourne 1977 –1983 |
Succeeded by David Penman |
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