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Clyde Maurice Wood AM (born 7 January 1936) is a retired Australian Anglican bishop.

Wood was educated at Monash University[1] and ordained in 1965.[2] His first ordained ministry position was as a curate of St John's Bentleigh. From 1966 he was curate-in-charge of St Paul's Ringwood. He then held positions at St Philip's Mount Waverley[3] and St Christopher's Armadale, all parishes in Melbourne. In 1978 he became Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Darwin,[4] and in 1983 he became the second Bishop of the Northern Territory,[5] a position he held until 1992. For four years he was an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Brisbane and in 1996 he was elected diocesan Bishop of North Queensland[6] and installed there on 12 October 1996.[7] He retired in 2002. He is married to Margaret Wood.[8]

References

  1. ^ Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  2. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  3. ^ Church website Archived 2009-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ London Gazette
  5. ^ NT timeline
  6. ^ Anglican Archives Archived 2013-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ [1]
  8. ^ Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Bishop of the Northern Territory
1983 –1992
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of North Queensland
1996 –2002
Succeeded by