Peter Derrick James Stuart[3] (born 1963) is a British-born Anglican bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia. He has served as the bishop of the Diocese of Newcastle since 2 February 2018. He previously served as an assistant bishop in the diocese from 2009 to 2018.[2]
Peter Stuart | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Newcastle | |
| Church | Anglican Church of Australia |
| Diocese | Newcastle |
| Installed | 2 February 2018[1] |
| Other post(s) | Assistant bishop, Diocese of Newcastle (2009–2018) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1989 (as deacon) 1990 (as priest) |
| Consecration | 2 February 2009 by Peter Jensen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963 (age 60–61)[2] |
| Nationality | British, Australian |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Nicki[2] |
| Children | 2[2] |
| Alma mater | University of Tasmania (B. Comm) Melbourne College of Divinity (B. Div) University of Technology, Sydney (M. Management) Flinders University (D. Education)[2] |
Stuart has generated attention within the Anglican Church of Australia for his social justice activism. He supported the decriminalisation of abortion in NSW.[4] He actively supported the LGBTIQA+ community in campaigns calling for an to end conversion practices.[5] The Newcastle Diocese supports the blessing of people in same-sex marriages [6]
Following the retirement of Brian Farran on 15 December 2012, until the installation Bishop Greg Thompson on 2 February 2014,[7] Stuart administered the diocese.[8] He resumed administration of the diocese on 1 December 2016 prior to Thompson's resignation as bishop on 31 May 2017 due to bullying.[9] He was elected as the Bishop of Newcastle by the diocesan synod on 25 November 2017 and was installed on 2 February 2018.[1]
Stuart was born in England in 1963, emigrating to Australia in 1971. He is a graduate of the University of Tasmania, the Melbourne College of Divinity (entering Trinity College Theological School in Melbourne in 1987), the University of Technology in Sydney and Flinders University.[10][11] He was ordained deacon in 1989 and priest in 1990 in the Diocese of Tasmania. He served as principal of St Barnabas College, Adelaide from 2002 to 2009.[2] He was consecrated as a bishop on 2 February 2009 by Archbishop Peter Jensen at Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle.
