{{Short description|Archbishop of Sydney; Bishop of Wollongong}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = bishop | honorific-prefix = The Right Reverend | name = Harry Goodhew | honorific-suffix = AO | title = Archbishop of Sydney | enthroned = 2 April 1993 | ended = 9 October 2000 | church = Anglican Church of Australia | province = New South Wales | diocese = Sydney | predecessor = Donald Robinson | successor = Peter Jensen | other_post = Bishop of Wollongong (1982–1993) <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = 1958 | consecration = <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_name = Richard Henry Goodhew | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1931|3|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | nationality = Australian | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = University of Wollongong | coat_of_arms = Coat of arms of Harry Goodhew.jpg | coat_of_arms_alt = Coat of arms
}} '''Richard Henry "Harry" Goodhew''' AO (born 19 March 1931<ref name="SDArchives">{{cite web |title=Diocesan Bishops and Archbishops of Australia and Sydney |url=http://www.sydneyanglicanarchives.com.au/past_archbishops.html |website=Sydney Diocesan Archives |publisher=Anglican Diocese of Sydney |access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref> is an Australian retired Anglican bishop who was Anglican Archbishop of Sydney from 1993 to 2000. Appointed as a compromise between opposing "conservative" and "liberal" factions of the Sydney diocese,<ref>[http://www.media.anglican.com.au/tma/2001/2001_05/sydneyab.html News & Media<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821094052/http://www.media.anglican.com.au/tma/2001/2001_05/sydneyab.html |date=August 21, 2006 }}</ref> Goodhew attempted to heal rifts within the diocese while maintaining an Evangelical stance in keeping with the general ethos of the diocese.
Goodhew was born in Sydney and educated at the University of Wollongong.<ref>[http://www.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@unia/documents/web/uow054287.pdf University website]</ref> He was ordained in 1958 and began his ministry with curacies at St Matthew's Bondi and St Bede's Beverly Hills.<ref>Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}}</ref> Later he held incumbencies at St Paul's Carlingford and St Stephen's Coorparoo.<ref>Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 {{ISBN|978-0-7136-8555-8}}</ref> In 1976 he was appointed a canon of St Michael's Cathedral in Wollongong and in 1979 as Archdeacon of Wollongong. He was Bishop of Wollongong from 1982 to 1993. In 1993 he was elected Archbishop of Sydney and the Metropolitan of New South Wales, retiring in 2001.<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> He was married to Pamela Goodhew until her death on 15th November, 2025.<ref>[http://justus.anglican.org/resources/misc/angcommuniondirectory.html Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000]</ref>
As archbishop, Goodhew promoted the "Archbishop's Vision for Growth" founded by Donald Robinson, his predecessor. He opened pathways between the Anglican Diocese of Sydney and other churches, promoted communication between Christians and Jews, and supported the Roman Catholic-founded Cursillo movement, which rapidly expanded among more progressive Anglicans within the diocese.
While archbishop, in order to ease the tensions involved in the debate over women's ordination that had occurred under Archbishop Robinson, Goodhew placed a moratorium on discussing the issue for a time, a move strongly criticised by the Movement for the Ordination of Women. Goodhew maintained a private support for the ordination of women and gave his blessing to women who had left the Diocese of Sydney to be ordained elsewhere.
Goodhew and his late wife, Pam had a long-serving missionary role in Africa, where they visited African countries to teach, and to assist in setting up small business enterprises to aid people in need.
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==Further reading== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book |last1=Piggin |first1=Stuart |title=Harry Goodhew: Archbishop, Godly Radical, Dynamic Anglican |date=2021 |publisher=Morning Star Publishing |location=North Sydney |isbn=9780647530382}} {{refend}}
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