13 Facts About Ken Short

Kenneth Herbert Short was an Anglican bishop in Australia.

Ken Short was the Bishop of Wollongong and then Bishop of Parramatta and Bishop to the Australian Defence Force.

Kenneth Herbert Short was born to Cecil Short and Joyce Ellen on 6 July 1927 in Nairobi, Kenya.

Ken Short's family returned to Australia and settled in Tasmania, where Cecil was rector of St George's Battery Point from 1931.

Ken Short studied for the Anglican ministry at Moore Theological College, Sydney.

Ken Short married Gloria Noelle Funnell on 28 January 1950.

Ken Short stepped down in 1971 and served as rector of St Michael's Vaucluse for four years.

Ken Short was consecrated a bishop on 1 April 1975, and served as area Bishop of Wollongong from 1975 to 1982, the Archdeacon of Wollongong from 1975 to 1979, and of Camden from 1975 to 1976.

Ken Short was an examining chaplain to the Archbishop of Sydney from 1971 to 1982.

Ken Short was then Bishop of Parramatta from 1982 to 1989 and concurrently Bishop to the Australian Defence Force from 1979 to 1989.

Ken Short was acting state secretary of the Church Missionary Society in Victoria and then New South Wales.

Ken Short pursued his interests in carpentry, fishing, photography and bird watching.

Ken Short was survived by his wife Gloria, three children, eight grandchildren and one great-grandson.