John Harrower | |
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Bishop of Tasmania | |
Church | Anglican Church of Australia |
Diocese | Diocese of Tasmania |
In office | 2000–2015 |
Predecessor | Philip Newell |
Successor | Richard Condie |
Other posts | Vicar of Glen Waverley |
Orders | |
Consecration | 25 July 2000 |
Personal details | |
Born |
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
16 October 1947
Spouse | Gayelene Harrower |
John Douglas Harrower (born 16 October 1947) was the eleventh Bishop of Tasmania.
Harrower was educated at the University of Melbourne and worked as a petroleum engineer and industrial consultant. In 1979, he went with the Church Missionary Society to Argentina, where he worked with university Christian groups. He was ordained as a deacon in 1984 and priest in 1986. Harrower returned to Australia in 1988 and became successively the Vicar of Glen Waverley and Archdeacon of Kew before his appointment to the episcopate in 2000. He retired at the end of September 2015.
He is married to Gayelene Harrower.