Brian Kyme

Brian Robert Kyme (22 June 1935 – 16 April 2020)^[3] was an Australian Anglican bishop, National Director of the Australian Board of Missions, and author.

The Right Reverend Brian Kyme
Assistant bishop, Anglican Diocese of Perth
Church	Anglican Church of Australia
Diocese	Perth
In office	1982–1999
Orders
Ordination	1958 (as deacon) 1960 (as priest)
Consecration	1 May 1982[1] by Peter Carnley
Personal details
Born	(1935-06-22)22 June 1935
Died	16 April 2020(2020-04-16) (aged 84) Perth, Western Australia
Nationality	Australian
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Doreen[2]
Children	2[2]
Alma mater	Ridley College, Melbourne

Kyme trained for the priesthood at Ridley College, Melbourne and was ordained in 1958. Later he studied at Edith Cowan University.^[4] He served curacies in Malvern and Morwell. He was the Incumbent at St Matthew's Church, Ashburton from 1963 to 1969 and Dean of Geraldton from 1969 to 1974. He was then at Claremont, Western Australia from 1974 and Archdeacon of Stirling, WA from 1977. In 1982 he became Assistant Bishop of Perth,^[1] serving until 1999.

From 1993 to 2000 he served as National Director of the Australian Board of Missions.^[2]

Kyme died on 16 April 2020 from cancer.^[5]

Bibliography

Bishop Kyme wrote a number of books on history of Anglican church organisations and schools.^[6]

• Do this in remembrance of me!: a communion handbook for the reflective Christian, 1985 with Brian Haig
• Grit & grace: the story of the Anglican Board of Mission - Australia, 2013, with Jan Carroll
• John Septimus Roe: the man and the school named in his honour, 2010
• Six archbishops and their ordinands: a study of the leadership provided by successive Archbishops of Perth in their recruitment and formation of clergy in Western Australia, 1914-2005 [thesis], 2005
• The Wollaston legacy, 2007, with Edward Doncaster and Jan Carroll