{{short description|Australian Anglican bishop (born 1961)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = | honorific-prefix = The Right Reverend | name = Greg Anderson | honorific-suffix = | title = Bishop of the Northern Territory | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | church = | province = Province of Queensland | diocese = Diocese of the Northern Territory | see = | term = 29 November 2014 | predecessor = Greg Thompson | successor = | other_post = <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = 2001 (deacon)<br>2002 (priest) | ordained_by = Philip Freier | consecration = 29 November 2014 | consecrated_by = Phillip Aspinall <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_name = Gregory David Anderson | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1961}} <!-- {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = <!-- as birth_place --> | buried = <!-- or | tomb = --> | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = Australian | religion = Anglicanism | residence = | parents = | spouse = Annette | children = 4 | occupation = | profession = <!-- or | previous_post = --> | education = | alma_mater = University of Sydney (BA, PhD)<br>Moore Theological College (BTh, Dip. Min) }} '''Gregory David Anderson''' (born 1961) is an Australian Anglican bishop and former musicologist who has served as the 6th Bishop of the Northern Territory since 29 November 2014.<ref name="ADNT Bishop">{{cite web |title=Our bishop |url=http://www.ntanglican.org.au/bishop/ |website=Anglican Diocese of the Northern Territory |publisher=Anglican Diocese of the Northern Territory |accessdate=18 July 2020 |archive-date=26 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226132602/http://www.ntanglican.org.au/bishop/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Early life and parish ministry== Anderson was born in Sydney and attended an Anglican church from birth.<ref name="TMA 2016">{{cite news |last1=Brolly |first1=Mark |title=NT bishop honours one invitation and arrives with his own |url=http://tma.melbourneanglican.org.au/outreach/Bishop-Greg-Anderson-170216 |accessdate=18 July 2020 |work=The Melbourne Anglican |publisher=Anglican Diocese of Melbourne |date=17 February 2016}}</ref>
In the early-mid 1980s Anderson studied ethnomusicology at the University of Sydney<ref name="MTC">{{cite web |authorlink1=Moore Theological College |title=The Rev Dr Gregory (Greg) Anderson |url=https://moore.edu.au/faculty-members/greg-anderson |website=Moore Theological College |accessdate=18 July 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316154824/https://moore.edu.au/faculty-members/greg-anderson |archivedate=16 March 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> with an interest in researching traditional Aboriginal songs. In 1986, he moved to the Northern Territory for 14 months to research the songs of Central Arnhem Land, during which time he was adopted by a Rembarrnga clan and he worked with musicians who had become Christians through a revival on Elcho Island in 1979.<ref name="ABC 2014">{{cite episode|series=Sunday Nights|title=Darwin's new Bishop on Cyclone Tracy's 40th anniversary|url=https://www.abc.net.au/sundaynights/stories/s4154944.htm|access-date=18 July 2020|date=25 Dec 2014|station=ABC Local Radio}}</ref> This led Anderson to study theology in order to be involved in the growth and development of the Aboriginal church.
After completing studies at Moore Theological College, Anderson returned to the Northern Territory with his wife and children as a missionary with the Church Missionary Society where he remained for the next 12 years. He lived at Numbulwar and later in Darwin,<ref name="TMA 2016" /> training Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander church leaders first at Nungalinya College (where he served as Academic Dean) and for the Diocese of the Northern Territory (where he served as Aboriginal Ministry Development Officer and an Honorary Assistant Priest at Christ Church Cathedral, Darwin. Anderson was ordained deacon in 2001 and priest in 2002,<ref name="MTC" /> and was the first person to be ordained by Bishop Philip Freier (in his role at the time as Bishop of the Northern Territory).<ref name="TMA 2016" />
In 2007, Anderson and his family moved back to Sydney where he served head of the Department of Mission at Moore Theological College, a position he held until his appointment to the episcopate in 2014.<ref name="TMA 2016" /><ref name="MTC" />
==Episcopal ministry== In June 2014, Anderson was elected as the sixth Bishop of the Northern Territory, replacing Bishop Greg Thompson who had been translated to the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle as of 2014.<ref name="ACL 2014">{{cite news |title=Greg Anderson elected Bishop of The Northern Territory |url=http://acl.asn.au/greg-anderson-elected/ |accessdate=18 July 2020 |work=Anglican Church League |publisher=Anglican Church League |date=23 June 2014}}</ref> He was consecrated and enthroned as bishop on the eve of St Andrew's Day, on 29 November 2014.<ref name="ABC 2014" /><ref name="ADNT Bishop" />
==Personal life== Anderson is married to Annette Eriksson, who is herself a music educator and musician and previously conducted the Darwin Youth Orchestra. They have four children.<ref name="ADNT Bishop" />
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