12 Facts About Peter Carnley

Peter Frederick Carnley was born on 17 October 1937 and is a retired Australian Anglican bishop and author.

Peter Carnley was the Archbishop of Perth from 1981 to 2005 and Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia from 2000 until May 2005.

Peter Carnley founded the school Peter Carnley Anglican Community School.

Peter Carnley trained for ordination at St John's College, Morpeth, and was ordained deacon in 1962 and priest in 1964.

Peter Carnley studied in Australia at Trinity College, Melbourne, and in England at Emmanuel College and St John's College, Cambridge, and became warden of St John's College at the University of Queensland, as well as lecturer in theology at the University of Queensland, before becoming a bishop.

Peter Carnley holds many honorary doctorates and a Lambeth DD and is an honorary fellow of Trinity College, Emmanuel College and St John's College.

Peter Carnley served as distinguished visiting professor in systematic theology at the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church in New York City from 2010 to 2013.

In 2001, amid questions about the possibility of the church celebrating same-sex marriages, Peter Carnley suggested that the church might be able to bless gay "friendships".

Later, Peter Carnley acknowledged that the consecration of American Bishop Gene Robinson created controversy in the church, but predicted that the church would not be irreparably split over the issue.

Peter Carnley explores notions of the resurrection as an historical event, as an eschatological event and as a non-event.

Peter Carnley explores the role of memory, presence and faith in believing in the resurrection.

When Peter Carnley became the Australian primate, his views caused controversy with some, especially in the conservative Diocese of Sydney where Archbishop Harry Goodhew accused Peter Carnley of breaching church doctrine and betraying the church's belief in the significance of the resurrection and of Jesus Christ himself.