Donald Robinson (bishop)

Robinson was born in Lithgow, New South Wales on 9 November 1922,[1] the son of Richard Bradley Robinson, sometime Archdeacon of North Sydney. His first year of secondary school studies was at North Sydney Boys High School;[3] he was then educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School, the University of Sydney[4] and Queens' College, Cambridge. His undergraduate studies were interrupted by service in World War 2.[5]

Robinson was ordained in 1950 by Howard Mowll, Archbishop of Sydney,[5] and began his ministry with curacies at St Matthew's, Manly[6] and St Philip's Church, Sydney.[7] He was then a lecturer and vice-principal at Moore College[8][9] and later at Sydney University until 1973 when he became the Bishop of Parramatta. He was consecrated a bishop on 25 January 1973 at St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney.[5] Nine years later he was elected as Archbishop of Sydney and the Metropolitan of New South Wales.

Michael Jensen argues that, along with that of Bill Dumbrell and Graeme Goldsworthy, Robinson's work "has been crucial for shaping how Sydney Anglicans think about and preach from the Bible."[10]