Bishop Peter Chiswell 1934–2013

Posted on December 11, 2013 
Filed under Australian dioceses

Bishop Peter ChiswellBishop Peter Chiswell – Bishop of Armidale from 1976 to 1999 – died in Armidale on Friday.

His funeral is to be held at St. Peter’s Cathedral Armidale tomorrow, Thursday 12th December 2013, at 11.00am.

Current Bishop, Rick Lewers, has written this tribute:

“The year I was born, 1958, Peter Chiswell graduated from Moore Theological College in Sydney and was ordained by the Bishop of Armidale, John S. Moyes. Peter’s ministry included appointments in Narrabri, Quirindi, Bingara, and Gunnedah before he was consecrated in Sydney by Archbishop Marcus Loane, then taking his place in Armidale’s St Peter’s Cathedral as Bishop in November, 1976.”