1. Sir Marcus Lawrence Loane was an Australian Anglican bishop.
11 Facts About Marcus Loane
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Marcus Loane was the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney from 1966 to 1982 and Primate of Australia from 1977 to 1982.
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Marcus Loane was the first Australian-born Archbishop of Sydney and the first Australian-born archbishop in the Anglican Church of Australia.
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Marcus Loane was a prolific author and his works include several biographies.
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Marcus Loane's family moved to north Queensland, then to Sydney.
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Marcus Loane then entered Moore Theological College, an Anglican conservative evangelical seminary, to train for ordination.
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In 1935, Loane was ordained in the Church of England in Australia.
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Marcus Loane spent nearly all his ministry in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney except for two years during World War II as an army chaplain in New Guinea.
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Marcus Loane was the daughter of the rector of St Paul's, Chatswood.
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Marcus Loane died in Sydney on 14 April 2009 at the age of 97.
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Marcus Loane was appointed Chaplain of the Venerable Order of Saint John on 5 December 1978.