Peter Lin (bishop)

For other people named Peter Lin, see Peter Lin (disambiguation).

The Right Reverend

Peter Lin
Bishop of South Western Sydney
ChurchAnglican Church of Australia
ProvinceProvince of New South Wales
DioceseDiocese of Sydney
In officeMay 2015 to present
Orders
Consecration30 May 2015
by Glenn Davies
Personal details
Born
Peter Robert Lin

1967/1968 (aged 56–57)
NationalityAustralian
DenominationAnglicanism
SpouseIsobel
Children3

Peter Robert Lin (born 1967) is an Australian Anglican bishop. Since May 2015, he has been Bishop of South Western Sydney (known as "Bishop of Georges River" between 2015 and 2021), an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Sydney.[1][2] He was consecrated a bishop on 30 May 2015 by Glenn Davies, the Archbishop of Sydney.[2]

Lin is the second bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia to be of Chinese descent; the first was Ivan Lee.[2]

Education

Lin finished degrees at Sydney and Macquarie Universities and graduated from Moore College.[3]

Views

In 2018, Julia Baird reported that Lin asked for more time to consider a motion that allowed bishops to consider allowing women who were emotionally or physically abused the ability to remarry. He was reported to have said that he had counselled many women who experienced these things and chose not to divorce, and that "I tell these women that they are heroes of the faith". After this statement Baird witnessed women in the crowd weeping in response.[4]

Lin views the difficulties in finding senior ministers in the Sydney Anglican system is caused by assistant ministers who "feel they can still be doing significant ministry without the hassles or responsibilities of being a rector", and that there are not enough people being trained for ministry.[5]

References

  1. ^ Powell, Russell (13 October 2014). "New bishop and new vision as Archbishop makes Presidential Address". Sydney Anglicans. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Powell, Russell (30 May 2015). "Lin is new bishop for biggest NESB region". Sydney Anglicans. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Peter Lin". Sydney Anglicans. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  4. ^ Baird, Julia (26 October 2018). "After decades of debate, Sydney Anglicans vote for change on marriage". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  5. ^ Lin, Peter (27 June 2020). "Where are all the senior ministers?". Sydney Anglicans. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Bishop of South Western Sydney
(as Bishop of Georges River 2015–2021)
2015 to present 		Incumbent