Ross Owen Davies (born 4 February 1955) is an Australian former Anglican bishop. He was the bishop of the Diocese of The Murray in the Anglican Church of Australia from 2002 to 2010.[1]
Ross Davies | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of The Murray | |
| Church | Anglican Church of Australia (to 2010) Roman Catholic Church (since 2010) |
| Province | South Australia |
| Diocese | The Murray |
| In office | 2002–2010 |
| Predecessor | Graham Walden |
| Successor | John Ford |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1981 (deacon) 1982 (priest) |
| Laicized | 13 December 2010 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ross Owen Davies 4 February 1955 |
| Denomination | Roman Catholicism (formerly Anglicanism) |
Davies was educated at the University of Melbourne (BA 1977, LLB 1979) and St Barnabas College, Adelaide (Australian College of Theology, ThL 1981).[2] He served in parishes in Australia until 1991, the last of which was as rector of St Paul's, Camperdown.[3] He was then priest-in-charge of Mundford, Ickburgh and Cranwich (1991–94) and then curate of Somerton with Compton Dundon (1994–97).[2] He then returned to Australia, where he was rector of Hindmarsh, South Australia (1997-2000), before becoming Archdeacon of The Murray (2000–02).[2]
In 2002 he was appointed the bishop of the Diocese of The Murray in the Anglican Church of Australia.[1] In September 2010, he resigned and was found guilty by a church tribunal of "disgraceful conduct and wilful violation of church ordinances".[4][5][6] He was subsequently removed from holy orders on 13 December 2010, only the second bishop to be so removed.[7][8]
Davies had belonged to the traditionalist Anglo-Catholic wing of Anglicanism.[9] On 27 September 2010, three days after resigning as the Bishop of The Murray, he was received into the Roman Catholic Church as a layman by Philip Wilson, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide.[10]