Peter Tasker

Peter Tasker is a former assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, Bishop of Georges River. Tasker was educated at Moore Theological College and ordained in 1964. After curacies in Wollongong, Chatswood and Engadine he was Vicar of St George's Penang in Malaya from 1970. Tasker retired in 2009, but was acting bishop of Georges River from June 2013 to May 2015, when there was neither assistant bishop nor archdeacon, owing to funding problems.

Anglican assistant bishop

For the British general practitioner, see Peter William Gedge Tasker.

Peter Tasker is a former assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, Bishop of Georges River.^[1][2]

Tasker was educated at Moore Theological College and ordained in 1964. After curacies in Wollongong, Chatswood and Engadine he was Vicar of St George's Penang in Malaya from 1970.^[3]

Tasker retired in 2009, but was acting bishop of Georges River from June 2013 to May 2015, when there was neither assistant bishop nor archdeacon, owing to funding problems.^[4]

References

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1. ^ Photo of Bishop Peter Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ Sydney Anglicans Deprecated link archived 2012-09-15 at archive.today
3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
4. ^ Sydney Anglicans – Tasker back in Georges River (Accessed 28 August 2013)

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Ray Smith	Bishop of South Western Sydney (as Bishop of Liverpool) 2001–2009	Succeeded by left vacant
New title	Bishop for International Relations (Anglican Diocese of Sydney) 2009–2019	Succeeded by Malcolm Richards
Preceded by left vacant	Bishop of South Western Sydney (as Acting Bishop of Georges River) 2013–2014	Succeeded by Peter Lin

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