Peter Stuart (bishop)

Peter Derrick James Stuart^[3] (born 1963) is a British-born Anglican bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia. He has served as the bishop of the Diocese of Newcastle since 2 February 2018. He previously served as an assistant bishop in the diocese from 2009 to 2018.^[2]

The Right Reverend Peter Stuart
Bishop of Newcastle
Church	Anglican Church of Australia
Diocese	Newcastle
Installed	2 February 2018[1]
Other post(s)	Assistant bishop, Diocese of Newcastle (2009–2018)
Orders
Ordination	1989 (as deacon) 1990 (as priest)
Consecration	2 February 2009 by Peter Jensen
Personal details
Born	1963 (age 61–62)[2] England[2]
Nationality	British, Australian
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Nicki[2]
Children	2[2]
Alma mater	University of Tasmania (B. Comm) Melbourne College of Divinity (B. Div) University of Technology, Sydney (M. Management) Flinders University (D. Education)[2]

Stuart has generated attention within the Anglican Church of Australia for his social justice activism. He supported the decriminalisation of abortion in NSW.^[4] He actively supported the LGBTIQA+ community in campaigns calling for an end to conversion practices.^[5] The Newcastle Diocese supports the blessing of people in same-sex marriages^[6]

Following the retirement of Brian Farran on 15 December 2012, until the installation Bishop Greg Thompson on 2 February 2014,^[7] Stuart administered the diocese.^[8] He resumed administration of the diocese on 1 December 2016 prior to Thompson's resignation as bishop on 31 May 2017 due to bullying.^[9] He was elected as the Bishop of Newcastle by the diocesan synod on 25 November 2017 and was installed on 2 February 2018.^[1]

Stuart was born in England in 1963, emigrating to Australia in 1971. He is a graduate of the University of Tasmania, the Melbourne College of Divinity (entering Trinity College Theological School in Melbourne in 1987), the University of Technology in Sydney and Flinders University.^[10][11] He was ordained deacon in 1989 and priest in 1990 in the Diocese of Tasmania. He served as principal of St Barnabas College, Adelaide from 2002 to 2009.^[2] He was consecrated as a bishop on 2 February 2009 by Archbishop Peter Jensen at Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle.