Barbara Darling, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Bishop of Melbourne
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Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
About Barbara Darling
- Barbara Brinsley Darling (17 October 1947 – 15 February 2015) was an Australian Anglican bishop.
- She was among the first women to be an ordained deacon in the Anglican Church of Australia.
- She became an ordained deacon on February 9, 1986 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1992.
- She became the first woman to be a bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne.Darling was born in Burwood, Sydney, one of three children of Geoff and Honor Darling.
- In 1975 she began studying theology at Ridley College, Melbourne.Darling was consecrated to the episcopate at St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, on 31 May 2008.
- She was the Bishop for Diocesan Ministries until 2009, when she became the Bishop of the Eastern Region. Darling died on 15 February 2015 following a stroke.
- Her funeral was held at St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, on 22 February 2015.
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