Clyde Wood

Clyde Maurice Wood AM (born 7 January 1936) is a retired Australian Anglican bishop.

Wood was educated at Monash University^[1] and ordained in 1965.^[2] His first ordained ministry position was as a curate of St John’s Bentleigh. From 1966 he was curate-in-charge of St Paul’s Ringwood. He then held positions at St Philip’s Mount Waverley^[3] and St Christopher's Armadale, all parishes in Melbourne. In 1978 he became Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Darwin,^[4] and in 1983 he became the second Bishop of the Northern Territory,^[5] a position he held until 1992. For four years he was an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Brisbane and in 1996 he was elected diocesan Bishop of North Queensland .^[6] He retired in 2002. He is married to Margaret Wood.^[7]

References

1. Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
3. Church website
4. London Gazette
5. NT timeline
6. Anglican Archives
7. Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000