The Archbishop who walked Kokoda
Posted on April 17, 2009
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Sir Marcus Loane, who was Anglican Archbishop of Sydney for 16 years to 1982, was the first Australian-born Primate of Australia and the first archbishop to walk the Kokoda Trail.
Loane, who died on Tuesday at 97, was a conservative evangelical credited with healing divisions within the Anglican community after a period of instability. His shy manner contrasted with the certainty of his belief. …
– Bishop John Reid, with Alan Gill, in The Sydney Morning Herald.