Brian Franklin Vernon King (3 January 1938 - 22 November 2006) was a suffragan bishop

Suffragan bishop

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 in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney

Anglican Diocese of Sydney

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King was educated at Sydney Boys' High School and the University of New South Wales

University of New South Wales

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. After studying at Moore Theological College

Moore Theological College

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 he was ordained in 1965. He was a curate

Curate

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 at Manly

Manly, New South Wales

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 and then rector

Rector

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 of Dural

Dural, New South Wales

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. After further incumbencies

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 at Wahroonga and Manly

Manly, New South Wales

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 he was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Sydney’s

Anglican Diocese of Sydney

The Diocese of Sydney is a diocese within the Anglican Church of Australia. The majority of the diocese is Evangelical and low church in tradition and committed to Reformed and Calvinist theology....

 Western Region in 1993. He was also concurrently bishop

Bishop

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 to the Australian Armed Forces. He retired in 2002.