Ken Mason (bishop)

Kenneth Bruce Mason AM[1] (September 4, 1928 - December 20, 2018) was an Anglican bishop in Australia.

The Right Reverend Ken Mason
Bishop
Church	Anglican Church of Australia
Orders
Consecration	1968 by Philip Strong
Personal details
Born	September 4, 1928 Ashfield, Sydney, Australia
Died	December 20, 2018 (aged 90) Sydney, Australia
Buried	St James' Church, Sydney
Denomination	Anglican

Mason was educated at the University of Queensland[2] and ordained in 1953.[3] His first position was as a curate at Gilgandra. He then held incumbencies at Darwin and Alice Springs. From 1965 to 1968 he was Dean of Trinity College, Melbourne. As a professed member of the Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd, Mason was known as "Brother Aiden" until his consecration as a bishop. On 24 February 1968, at St John's Cathedral (Brisbane),[4] he was consecrated to the episcopate to serve as the Bishop of the Northern Territory,[5] a position he held until 1983. From 1983 to 1993 Mason was chairman of the Anglican Board of Mission.

In retirement, Mason regularly attended St James' Church, Sydney, where a Requiem Eucharist was held for him on 19 January 2019.[6]

References

1. Anglican Archives Archived 2010-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
2. Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
4. Anglican Archives Archived 10 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine
5. "History of Diocese". Archived from the original on 16 September 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
6. Hodge, Colleen (February–March 2019). "Celebrating Ken Mason - Fifty Years a Bishop" (PDF). St James' Parish Connections: 22–25.