retired Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne. Father of two, grandfather of three.
Ballarat, Victoria
Joined June 2015
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I am grateful to be part of the Anglican Communion representation to pay respects at the funeral of Pope Francis | Anglican Communion News Service anglicannews.org/news/2025/0…
At the Old Cathedral on Thursday Island with Fr Charles Loban after the Easter Vigil service. Christ is risen; He is risen indeed Alleluia!
It is a great pleasure to launch Stephen Duckett’s new book ‘Healthcare Funding and Christian Ethics’ at St Peter’s Eastern Hill.
It was good to meet the Indian delegates at the CUAC Conference opening Eucharist at Trinity College. (CUAC is Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion).
Inspiring to be at the performance of Stainer’s ‘The Crucifixion’ @StPaulsCathMelb
‘We adore you O Christ and we praise you’, the antiphon of the pilgrims on the Way of the Cross in Melbourne. ‘Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world’ is our response.
Honoured to be at the launch of Federation University’s National Centre for Reconciliation, Truth and Justice.
A valuable reflection from Bishop Michael Burrows apple.news/ApM4kPxciMyuyPwcp…
Our Advent pilgrimage to Christmas calls for us to prepare our hearts for the celebration of the incarnation of the Messiah.
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It is a pleasure to join with the students and community of Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar for their celebration of the story of Christmas, in Scripture and in song.
I was delighted to commission Travers McLeod as the Executive Director of the Brotherhood of St Laurence at the Koorie Heritage Trust in Federation Square. The liturgy was built around Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, a great source of inspiration for Fr Gerard Tucker, our founder.
Presidential-style personality politics or the array of challenges facing Victoria over the next four years: what will influence voters most at next month's state election?
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Yesterday it was a great pleasure to host the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, at a Provincial choral evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne. melbournearchbishop.org.au/n…
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A moving service of thankfulness and remembrance @StPaulsCathMelb for the late Queen Elizabeth. Thanks to @ABFreier for preaching and @BishopComensoli for reading the second lesson at Evensong.
Melbourne Anglican Archbishop Philip Freier today expressed his deep sadness and sense of loss at the death of Her Late Majesty, the Queen, saying Melbourne’s Anglicans will mourn her alongside all of Britain, the Commonwealth and people across the world.
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"Is the Anglican Communion argumentative? Oh yes. Is it diverse? Immensely. Is it God’s holy people? Certainly." - Archbishop @JustinWelby as #LambethConference2022 closes.
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Bishops from around the world joined in a two-minute silence at the #LambethConference2022 marking Hiroshima Day as they prayed for areas of war and uncertainty around the world.
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