Godfrey Fryar

Who is Godfrey Fryar?

Godfrey Charles Fryar is the eleventh and current Bishop of Rockhampton in the Anglican Church of Australia.

Fryar was educated at All Souls' Charters Towers and ordained in 1973. He was a Bush Brother until 1976 after which he held incumbencies in Rockhampton, Mackay and Stafford, Queensland. From 1993 to 1998 he was Dean of St Saviour’s Cathedral, Goulburn. He was then vicar general of the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn and assistant bishop of Wagga Wagga until 2003 when he returned to the Diocese of Rockhampton as its diocesan bishop.