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Anglican bishop

Installed6 October 2018^[1]

Ordination1988 (deacon)
1992 (priest)

The Right Reverend Kate Prowd
Assistant bishop (Oodthenong Episcopate), Anglican Diocese of Melbourne
Church	Anglican Church of Australia
Diocese	Melbourne
Installed	6 October 2018^[1]
Orders
Ordination	1988 (deacon) 1992 (priest)
Consecration	6 October 2018^[1] by Philip Freier
Personal details
Born	Catherine Jane Urwin
Nationality	Australian
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Roger^[2]
Children	3^[2]
Alma mater	Trinity College, Melbourne

Catherine Jane "Kate" Prowd^[3] (née Urwin; born 1960) is an Australian bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia. She has served as an assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, as the Bishop for the Oodthenong Episcopate (which serves the northern and western areas of Melbourne as well as the city of Geelong), since October 2018.

Prowd is the sister of Bishop Lindsay Urwin. They are believed to be the only brother-sister bishops in the entire Anglican Communion.^[4] Another brother is Michael Urwin, who was headmaster of Brighton Grammar School from 1996 to 2013^[5] and has been the registrar of the Diocese of Melbourne since 2019.^[6]

Prowd completed a theological degree at Trinity College, Melbourne. She was ordained deacon in 1986 and priest in 1992. She served in parish ministry within the Diocese of Melbourne at Mount Waverley, Black Rock, Hampton and Gardenvale and in school chaplaincy at Christ Church Grammar School and Brighton Grammar School.^[2]

Prowd also lived in New Zealand for some time where she worked as a clinical psychologist in student health at Otago University before returning to Australia in 2004. She has maintained her registration as a psychologist in her role as bishop.^[7]

In 2018, Prowd was consecrated and appointed as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Melbourne, replacing Philip Huggins who had reached retirement age.^[8]

Prowd is married to Roger, who is a priest, and has three daughters.^[4]

References

1 2 "The Consecration of the Revd Kate Prowd". St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne. Anglican Diocese of Melbourne. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
1 2 3 "Bishop Kate Prowd". Anglican Diocese of Melbourne. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
↑ "The Ordination and Consecration as a Bishop in the Church of God of The Reverend Catherine Jane Prowd" (PDF). St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne. Anglican Diocese of Melbourne. 6 October 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
1 2 Brolly, Mark (8 October 2018). "Sister joins brother in episcopal ranks in first for Anglican world". The Melbourne Anglican. Anglican Diocese of Melbourne. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
↑ "Gallery of Achievement, Mr Michael Urwin (1971)". Old Camberwell Grammarians' Association. 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
↑ Brolly, Mark (15 October 2019). "New man responsible for Synod in no hurry to ring in changes". The Melbourne Anglican. Anglican Diocese of Melbourne. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
↑ Freier, Philip (4 October 2018). "New bishop a world first". From the Office of the Primate. Anglican Church of Australia. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
↑ "Melbourne consecration of bishop whose brother-bishop is her bishop brother". Anglican Communion News Service. Anglican Communion Office. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2020.

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