Gordon Begbie

Who was Gordon Begbie?

Herbert Gordon Smirnoff Begbie was an assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney.

Begbie was born into an ecclesiastical family and educated at Trinity Grammar School, Sydney, the University of Sydney and Moore Theological College. He was ordained in 1929 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 from 1967.