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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Reg_Piper > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Reg_Piper.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Piper > Source revision: 1311377279 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific_prefix = | name = Reg Piper | honorific_suffix = | title = [Assistant Bishop](/source/Assistant_bishops_in_the_Diocese_of_Sydney) | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | church = | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = [Sydney](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Sydney) | see = | elected = | term = | quashed = | predecessor = | successor = | opposed = | other_post = | ordination = 1967 | ordained_by = | consecration = | consecrated_by = | laicized = | birth_name = Reginald John Piper | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|02|25|df=y}} | birth_place = {{NSWcity|Goulburn}}, [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales) | death_date = | death_place = | buried = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = [Australian](/source/Australians) | religion = [Anglicanism](/source/Anglican_Church_in_Australia) | residence = | parents = | spouse = Dorothy Piper | children = | occupation = [Bishop](/source/Cleric) | profession = | previous_post = {{nowrap|[Bishop of Wollongong](/source/Bishop_of_Wollongong) {{smaller|(1993{{spaced endash}}2007)}}}} | education = [Corrimal High School](/source/Corrimal_High_School){{cite speech |author=Campbell, David |author-link=David Campbell (Australian politician) |publisher=[Parliament of New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales_Legislative_Assembly) |title=Corrimal High School Fiftieth Anniversary |work=[Hansard](/source/Hansard) |url=https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Hansard/Pages/HansardResult.aspx#/docid/HANSARD-1323879322-23809 |date=7 March 2001 |accessdate=25 July 2019 }} | alma_mater = {{bulleted list|[Australian National University](/source/Australian_National_University)|[Moore Theological College](/source/Moore_Theological_College)}} | motto = | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = | coat_of_arms_alt = | module = | module2 = | other = }} {{Portal|Christianity}} '''Reginald John Piper''' (born 25 February 1942) was an [assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney](/source/Assistant_bishops_in_the_Diocese_of_Sydney) who served as the [Bishop of Wollongong](/source/Bishop_of_Wollongong) from 1993 to 2007. Piper was born in [Goulburn](/source/Goulburn){{Cite web |url=http://www.sydneyanglicans.net/archive/bishop_piper/prayer_warrior_to_fight_on/ |title=Sydney Anglican |access-date=24 February 2011 |archive-date=24 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724091649/http://www.sydneyanglicans.net/archive/bishop_piper/prayer_warrior_to_fight_on/ |url-status=dead }} and educated at [Corrimal High School](/source/Corrimal_High_School) and at the [Australian National University](/source/Australian_National_University).[Who's Who](/source/Who's_Who) 2008: London, [A & C Black](/source/A_%26_C_Black), 2008, {{ISBN|978-0-7136-8555-8}} After studying at [Moore Theological College](/source/Moore_Theological_College) he was [ordained](/source/ordained) in 1967.[Crockford's Clerical Directory](/source/Crockford's_Clerical_Directory): 1975-76, Lambeth, Church House, 1975, {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}} He had [curacies](/source/Curate) at St Stephen's [Willoughby](/source/Willoughby%2C_New_South_Wales) (1966-69) and St Clement's [Lalor Park](/source/Lalor_Park) (1969-72) before [incumbencies](/source/Incumbent_(ecclesiastical)) at St Aidan's [Hurstville Grove](/source/Hurstville_Grove) (1972-75), Christ Church, [Kiama](/source/Kiama%2C_New_South_Wales) (1975-80) and Holy Trinity, [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide) (1980-93) before his ordination to the [episcopate](/source/episcopate). He was awarded a Doctor of Ministry from [Fuller Seminary](/source/Fuller_Theological_Seminary) in 1992. Upon his retirement as Bishop of Wollongong, he served as Rector of Gymea (2007-10) then as a part-time Senior Assistant Minister at St Michael's Cathedral, [Wollongong](/source/St_Michael's_Cathedral%2C_Wollongong) from 2010. He is married to Dorothy Piper.[http://justus.anglican.org/resources/misc/angcommuniondirectory.html Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000] Piper has published multiple studies "for Lent and other season" through Youthworks Media:{{Cite web |title=Reg Piper |url=https://youthworksmedia.net/collections/vendors?q=reg+piper |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=Youthworks Media |language=en}} * Ephesus and the New Humanity, * From Rome with Love, * The God who is For Us, * The Life and Labours of Paul, * The Things that Make for Peace. * The King Has Come ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Assistant bishops in the Diocese of Sydney}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Piper, Reg}} Category:1942 births Category:People from Goulburn Category:Australian National University alumni Category:Moore Theological College alumni Category:20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia Category:21st-century Anglican bishops in Australia Category:Assistant bishops in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney Category:Living people {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Reg Piper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Piper) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg_Piper?action=history)). 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