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Welcoming the new Primate

21 July, 2025

Anglican Diocese of Sydney

Archbishop Kanishka Raffel

Welcoming the new Primate

I welcome the election of the Right Rev Dr Mark Short, Bishop of the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn, as the next Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia. 
 
I know Mark to be a faithful servant of the Lord who holds unambiguous convictions about the primacy and trustworthiness of the Scriptures, and the power of the gospel for salvation for everyone who believes. 
 
He has previously served effectively in national leadership as Director of Bush Church Aid, and will bring deep wisdom, broad experience and an irenic spirit to this new role.
 
I give thanks to God for his election, and we pray earnestly that he may be granted the love, courage, and faithfulness required for the years that lie ahead.  

Archbishop Kanishka Raffel

21 July 2025

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from the Hawkesbury River south to Ulladulla and Sutton Forest, and west to the Blue Mountains and Lithgow.
We acknowledge and pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging,
and pray that God will unite us all in a knowledge of his Son, in whom all things were created.

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