David Penman
David John Penman (8 August 1936 – 1 October 1989) was the 10th Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne.
Early life and career
Born in
He was ordained deacon in 1961 and
In 1975 he was appointed
Archbishop of Melbourne
In 1982 he became a
He was a member of the first Australian Palliative Care Council, President of the Australian Council of Churches, Patron of the National AIDS Trust and a member of the Australian National Council on AIDS. On his way to Britain for the 1988 Lambeth Conference he undertook a highly secretive detour to Iran in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to secure the release of Terry Waite, the personal envoy of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and several other western hostages.[citation needed]
Death and legacy
On 24 July 1989, after returning home from the Tokyo World Conference on Religion and Peace and the Lausanne Evangelical Congress in Manila, where he delivered a series of Bible studies, he suffered a severe heart attack. He was kept on life-support in Melbourne's St Vincent's hospital, but although he regained consciousness, he died on 1 October 1989. He was 53. His state funeral service was held at St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne on 6 October 1989.[8]
References
- ^ Alan Nichols, David Penman: Bridge-builder, Peacemaker, Fighter for Social Justice (Melbourne: Albatross, 1991)
- ^ (incorrectly): Alan Nichols, David Penman, 25.
- ^ "Year-Book of the Diocese of Melbourne 1988"
- ^ a b Nichols, Alan (6 October 1989). "David Penman:archbishop for a changing world". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ The Times, 12 January 1984; p. 22., "A New Bishop of Melbourne"
- ^ Porter, Muriel. "Applause as women ordained". Movement for the Ordination of Women Newsletter 02 Easter 1986: 2.
- ^ "Movement for the Ordination of Women Newsletter 01 August 1984".
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