#Anglican Church in #Australia to have its 1st female archbishop, Kay Goldsworthy https://t.co/nUusBJyeCd #religion #downunder
— Kendall Harmon (@KendallHarmon6) August 29, 2017
Archbishop-elect Goldsworthy is currently Bishop of Gippsland in Victoria, and was previously an Assistant Bishop of Perth.
She was among the first women in Australia to be ordained as a priest and the first woman to be consecrated as a bishop.
Raised in Melbourne, Archbishop-elect Goldsworthy is married and has twin adult sons.
She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia this year for her service to religion through the Anglican Church. She is a former chaplain of Perth girls’ school Perth College.