Gordon Begbie

Herbert Gordon Smirnoff Begbie (28 October 1905–7 June 1973) was an assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney.^[1]

Begbie was born into an ecclesiastical family^[2] and educated at Trinity Grammar School, Sydney,^[3] the University of Sydney and Moore Theological College. He was ordained in 1929^[4] and was a curate in Eastwood and Hobart. After this he held incumbencies in Narrabeen, Moss Vale and Campsie. Later he was Archdeacon of Camden, Wollongong and then Cumberland. He was the diocese’s registrar from 1960 and its Western Region bishop (based in Parramatta and called Bishop of Parramatta) from 1967.

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Assistant bishops in the Diocese of Sydney

Pre-Regions	Gerard D'Arcy-Irvine Sydney Kirkby Venn Pilcher William Hilliard Clive Kerle Marcus Loane Goodwin Hudson Frank Hulme-Moir Jack Dain

Bishops of the Western Region	Gordon Begbie Donald Robinson Peter Watson Brian King Ivan Lee

Bishops of Wollongong	Graham Delbridge Ken Short Harry Goodhew Reg Piper Al Stewart Peter Hayward

Bishops of South Sydney	John Reid Peter Watson Robert Forsyth

Bishops of the North Region	Donald Cameron Paul Barnett Glenn Davies Chris Edwards

Bishops of Georges River	Ray Smith Peter Tasker Peter Tasker (Acting) Peter Lin

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