Roger Herft

The Most Reverend Roger Herft
Anglican Archbishop of Perth
Church	Anglican Church of Australia
See	Anglican Diocese of Perth
In office	2005 — present
Predecessor	Archbishop Peter Carnley
Successor	incumbent
Orders
Consecration	11 June 2005
Personal details
Born	11 July 1948 Wattegama, Sri Lanka
Previous post	Bishop of Waikato Bishop of Newcastle

Roger Adrian Herft AM (born 11 July 1948) is a bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia. He has been the Archbishop of Perth since 2005.^[1]

Born in Wattegama, Sri Lanka, Herft studied at the Royal College in Colombo, later training for the ministry at United Theological College of Lanka in Pilimatalawe, receiving a B.Th. and B.D. degree from the University of Serampore.^[1][2] After working in parish ministry and prison chaplaincy, he was invited by the Diocese of Waikato in New Zealand to become a Parish Consultant in 1983. In 1986, Herft was elected Bishop of Waikato, becoming one of the youngest bishops in the Anglican Communion.^[1][2][3]

Herft was elected Bishop of Newcastle, New South Wales, in 1992 and enthroned at Christ Church Cathedral in May 1993.^[1][4] He was chaplain of the 13th Lambeth Conference in 1998.^[1][5][6]

In 2004, Herft was elected as the seventh Archbishop of Perth and Metropolitan of the Province of Western Australia and was installed on 11 June 2005, succeeding Peter Carnley.^[1][7]

Herft nominated Kay Goldsworthy as Australia's first female Anglican bishop and consecrated her at St George's Cathedral in Perth on 22 May 2008.^[8]

Herft is married to Cheryl and they have two adult sons, Romesh and Jason.^[1]

References

1. "Archbishops Biography". Website of the Diocese of Perth. Diocese of Perth. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
2. "Archbishop Roger Herft's migration odyssey". The University of Western Australia. Archived from the original on 2008-07-22. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
3. "History of the Diocese". Website of the Diocese of Waikato. The Diocese of Waikato. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
4. "A Brief History of Christ Church Cathedral". Website of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. The Diocese of Newcastle, Australia. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
5. "Chaplains at the ready in Eliot" (pdf). The Lambeth Daily. The 1998 Lambeth Conference. 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
6. Cynthia McFarland, Brian Reid, and Simon Sarmiento (1998). "The Lambeth Conference". Society of Archbishop Justus. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
7. "Previous Bishops and Archbishop". Website of the Diocese of Perth. Diocese of Perth. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
8. Morris, Linda (23 May 2008). "Blessing of History, as first woman bishop consecrated". The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax). Retrieved 2008-05-23.