Reginald John "Reg" Piper (born 25 February 1942) was a suffragan bishop

Suffragan bishop

A suffragan bishop is a bishop subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop. He or she may be assigned to an area which does not have a cathedral of its own.-Anglican Communion:...

 in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney

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....

. He was the Bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

 of Wollongong from 1993 to 2007.

Piper was born in Goulburn and educated at the Australian National University

Australian National University

The Australian National University is a teaching and research university located in the Australian capital, Canberra.As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students...

. After studying at Moore Theological College

Moore Theological College

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 he was ordained in 1967. He had curacies

Curate

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 at St Stephen’s Willougby

Willoughby, New South Wales

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 and St Clement’s Lalor Park before incumbencies

Incumbent (ecclesiastical)

In Anglican canon law, the incumbent of a benefice, usually the parish priest, holds the temporalities or assets and income.Depending on the terms of governance of each parish an incumbent might be either:...

 at St Aidan’s Hurstville Grove, Christ Church, Kiama and Holy Trinity, Adelaide

Adelaide

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 before his ordination to the episcopate.