Sydney Anglicans have a new Archbishop

A synod of more than 800 members has overwhelmingly elected Bishop Glenn Davies as the 12th Archbishop of Sydney.

Dr Davies replaced Dr Peter Jensen who held the post for 12 years. For much of Archbishop Jensen's tenure, Dr Davies served with him as the Bishop of North Sydney.

The other nominee for the post was Canon Rick Smith, the rector of Naremburn/Cammeray, a large church on Sydney's Lower North Shore.

The final vote came after a complicated process of elimination ballots involving both houses of Synod - clergy and laity (lay people). Read more

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