# Graham Delbridge

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'''Graham Richard Delbridge''' (22 May 1917 – 8 June 1980) was the sixth bishop of the [Diocese of Gippsland](/source/Diocese_of_Gippsland) in Australia from 1974 to 1980.<ref>[http://www.gippsanglican.org.au/history.html Diocesan history] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913110406/http://www.gippsanglican.org.au/history.html |date=2009-09-13 }}</ref>

Delbridge was born on 22 May 1917. He was educated at [Moore College](/source/Moore_Theological_College).<ref>[“Who was Who”](/source/Who's_Who_(UK)) 1897-2007 London, [A & C Black](/source/A_%26_C_Black), 2007, {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}}</ref> 

He became Director of Youth Work in the [Anglican Diocese of Sydney](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Sydney) and held [incumbencies](/source/Vicar) at [Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide](/source/Holy_Trinity_Church%2C_Adelaide),<ref>[http://www.trinitycity.church  1952–57 Church website (1)]</ref> and St Matthew's [Manly](/source/Manly%2C_New_South_Wales).<ref>[http://www.stmattsmanly.org.au/index.php?v=Home, 1957–60 Church website (2)]{{Dead link|date=March 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>

From 1963 he was an [archdeacon](/source/archdeacon) and [senior chaplain](/source/Chaplain) to the [Primate of Australia](/source/Hugh_Rowlands_Gough),<ref>''[Crockford's Clerical Directory](/source/Crockford's_Clerical_Directory)'' 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}}</ref> and in 1969 he became a [coadjutor bishop](/source/coadjutor_bishop)<ref>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=109-mss_3&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 National Archives]</ref> in the Diocese of Sydney: he was consecrated a bishop on 8 April at [St&nbsp;Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney](/source/St%26nbsp%3BAndrew's_Cathedral%2C_Sydney).<ref>[http://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/HDMS-HTML/SPSES257.htm Anglican Archives] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410114708/http://anglicanarchives.org.au/HDMS-HTML/SPSES257.htm |date=2013-04-10 }}</ref>

From 1973 he was a member of the Anglican-Orthodox Joint Doctrinal Commission, and he supported ecumenical endeavours in Australia.

On 8 June 1980 he and his 21-year-old daughter Judy were killed in a motoring accident near [Sale](/source/Sale%2C_Victoria).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110961597 |title=Bishop of Gippsland killed in car smash. |newspaper=[The Canberra Times](/source/The_Canberra_Times) |location=ACT |date=10 June 1980 |accessdate=27 May 2015 |page=11 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

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{{S-aft|after=[Neville James Chynoweth](/source/Neville_James_Chynoweth)}}
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Category:Road incident deaths in Victoria (state)
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