Malcolm Richards

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{short description|Australian bishop (born 1959/60)}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific_prefix = {{pre-nominal styles|size=100%|RRevd}} | name = Malcolm Richards | title = Assistant bishop for International Relations, Anglican Diocese of Sydney | image = | alt = | caption = | church = Anglican Church of Australia | diocese = Sydney | term_start = 6 July 2019<ref name="SA Consecration">{{cite news |last1=Powell |first1=Russell |title=New Bishop told 'Go with God's plan' |url=https://sydneyanglicans.net/news/new-bishop-told-to-go-with-gods-plan |accessdate=9 February 2020 |work=Sydney Anglicans |publisher=Anglican Diocese of Sydney |date=6 July 2019}}</ref> | other_post =  | ordination = | ordinated_by = | consecration = 6 July 2019 | consecrated_by = Glenn Davies | rank =  | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|58|2018|02|05}}<ref name="TMA" /> | birth_place = | nationality = Australian | religion = Anglican | spouse = Elizabeth<ref name="TMA">{{cite news |last1=Cauchi |first1=Stephanie |title=Bringing light to Congo's heart of darkness |url=http://tma.melbourneanglican.org.au/outreach/congo-050218 |accessdate=9 February 2020 |work=The Melbourne Anglican |publisher=Anglican Diocese of Melbourne |date=5 February 2018}}</ref> | children = 3<ref name="TMA" /> | alma_mater = Moore Theological College | death_date = | death_place = }}

'''Malcolm George Richards'''<ref name="SAC Officials">{{cite web |title=Officials of The Cathedral Church of St Andrew Sydney |url=http://www.sydneycathedral.com/s/St-Andrews-Cathedral-Sydney-Officials-History-Clergy-Dean-Canon-etc-24-February-2021.pdf |website=St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney |publisher=Anglican Diocese of Sydney |access-date=3 April 2021}}</ref> (born 1959/1960) is an Australian bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia. He has served as an assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, as the Bishop for International Relations, since July 2019.<ref name="SA April">{{cite news |last1=Powell |first1=Russell |title=Missions boss named as new International Bishop |url=https://sydneyanglicans.net/news/missions-boss-named-as-new-international-bishop |accessdate=9 February 2020 |work=Sydney Anglicans |publisher=Anglican Diocese of Sydney |date=16 April 2009}}</ref>

Richards grew up in Canberra, and originally trained and worked as an optometrist. He and his wife pledged to become missionaries, and from 1988 to 1994 they moved to what was then Zaire with their children to carry out youth work. He lived in Goma on the Rwandan border during the Rwandan genocide.<ref name="TMA" />

On returning to Australia, Richards trained at Moore Theological College, then worked in parish ministry in the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn, where he planted a church. He then returned to the now-Democratic Republic of Congo in 2005 where he worked for a further five years for the Anglian Diocese of Kindu.<ref name="TMA" />

In October 2010, Richards was appointed as General Secretary of the Church Missionary Society, New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory branch,<ref name="ACL Oct 2010">{{cite web |title=New CMS NSW General Secretary announced |url=http://acl.asn.au/new-cms-nsw-general-secretary-announced/ |website=Anglican Church League |accessdate=9 February 2020 |date=8 October 2010}}</ref> a position he remained in for eight years until he became bishop.<ref name="SA April" /> He was a canon of St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney between 2012 and his consecration as bishop in 2019.<ref name="SAC Officials" />

In April 2019, Richards was named by Anglican Archbishop of Sydney Glenn Davies as Bishop for International Relations, replacing Peter Tasker who had held the role since 2009.<ref name="SA April" /> He was consecrated bishop on 6 July 2019.<ref name="SA Consecration" /> Richards was the first person to hold the role without a concurrent diocesan bishop responsibility. Instead, Richards took up a position as Director of the Centre for Global Mission at Moore Theological College.<ref name="SA Consecration" />

Richards is married to Elizabeth and has three children.<ref name="TMA" /> He is fluent in Swahili and French.<ref name="SA April" />

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