ANNOUNCEMENT FROM ARCHBISHOP HEPWORTH:
The Consecration of David Oswald Robarts and Harry Entwistle SSC to the office of Bishop in the Church of God will take place in the Latvian Lutheran Church of Saint Peter, 125 Rose Terrace, Wayville at 10.00 a.m on Friday 24th November.
The Latvian Lutheran Church is the church of my wife and her family. It is an Episcopal Lutheran Church, whose bishops have included Anglican consecrators since the "Bell Agreements" of the 1930's. The present Bishop of Riga, who took office after the former bishop was executed by the Russian occupiers, has reversed the communist-inspired decision to appoint women clergy in Latvia.
Bus transport to St Peter's will be provided for members of Synod staying at the Passionist Monastery, Glen Osmond, the final bus leaving just after 9.30am.
I ask that you continue in your prayers for the bishops elect and their families, and for the bishops who will join in their consecration.
+John Hepworth
Meet the Australian Bishops-elect
On Friday 24 th November, Adelaide, God Willing, the Reverends David Robarts and Harry Entwistle will be consecrated as Assistant Bishops in the Anglican Catholic Church in Australia and Regional Bishops for Forward in Faith - Australia.
The Reverend David Oswald Robarts OAM
Fr. David is 74 years, married to Anne and lives in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick.
Father Robarts writes as follows:
Deaconed 1963 and Priested in 1964 Diocese of Melbourne. After curacies at Holy Trinity, Kew (1963-64) and St. Paul's Ringwood (1964-65) appointed Vicar of the Parish of Broadmeadows (1966-69), a new Housing Commission area in a municipality of 90,000 people having three churches and two assistant clergy.
Appointed Rector of Alice Springs, Diocese of the Northern Territory in 1969. This parish covers an area of 180,000 square miles and ministers to aboriginal communities and cattle stations as well as the town itself.
Fr. Robarts was appointed Dean of Perth in 1979 and inherited and maintained at the cathedral a justifiably fine reputation for beautiful worship in the Catholic Tradition, a lively ministry to the city (and the Arts in particular) with a strong regular congregation as well as outreach to many visitors and tourists. Fr. Robarts said, "My main concern was always for the worship and care of souls at the Cathedral. I continued to maintain, in particular, a ministry of Spiritual Direction and act as a Confessor.
In 1989 He became Rector of Warrnambool in the Diocese of Ballarat and in 1991 appointed as Vicar of Christ Church, Brunswick (Melbourne) - an historic and leading orthodox Anglo-Catholic parish with a fine liturgical and musical tradition. It was the only parish on this side of the city with no daily Mass. Any extra-parochial time available was spent as spiritual director and confessor, and supporting orthodox Anglicans through the Association for Apostolic Ministry. He was elected Chairman of that body which was later to become Forward in Faith Australia. He said, "We are resolute in taking a very different path to Forward in Faith North America, remaining totally committed to our Communion Statement and our Concordat with the Traditional Anglican Communion.
He is Spiritual Advisor to the Anglican Benedictine Community of Christ the King at Taminick, near Wangaratta, a role which he continues.
In September 2003 he was invested with the Medal of The Order of Australia (OAM) "For service to religion particularly through the Anglican Church of Australia"
The Venerable Harry Entwistle SSC
Fr. Harry is 66 years and married to Jean and lives in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley. He was lately Vicar of St. Patrick's Anglican Parish, Mount Lawley.
He was born at Chorley, in the United Kingdom and has British/Australian citizenship. He has a married son, a daughter and two grandchildren.
He trained for the ministry at St. Chad's College, Durham and was Deaconed 1963 and Priested in 1964 at Blackburn, England.
His first curacy was Assistant Curate at St. Peter's Fleetwood where he was appointed Divinity Tutor at Fleetwood Grammar School, Church Army Youth Centre and hospital. He served as Rector of Hardwick and Weedon, Bucks, Vicar of Aston Abbots, Bucks, Rector of Cublington, Bucks. From 1974 until 1981 he worked in a number of chaplaincies including the Church Army and Sea Cadet Corps and hospitals. He did valued prison chaplaincy work in Buckinghamshire, Sussex, Cheshire, and London and after moving to Perth was appointed Senior Anglican Chaplain for the Department of Corrective Services, Western Australia
In 1975 his booklet "Sin, Guilt and Freedom" was published by the Church Literature Association. He has written articles on a whole range of subjects including Why Priesthood? Unit on pastoral Skills, Pastoral Care for Sexual Abusers, Ministry in prison, Bereavement in a Total Institution, Are you a Real Priest and others. He has presented papers Euthanasia-A Christian Viewpoint, Evangelism in rural areas, Benedictine Spirituality, Community formation in Parishes, Catholic Evangelism and Priesthood.
Fr. Entwistle is a Spiritual Director, Retreat Conductor, Vice Chairman of Forward in Faith Australia and Chairman of FIF Western Australia Local Branch.
