[1] While serving as Principal of Trinity Anglican School, Queensland (1984–1993),[1] he trained for the priesthood at St Barnabas College, Adelaide (starting in 1984), and was ordained both deacon and priest in 1985.
[2] He became a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management (FAIM) in 1991 and gained a Master of Arts (MA) from Melbourne University.
Meanwhile, he served the Diocese of North Queensland, as an Archdeacon (1989–1992) before becoming an assistant bishop.
In that post, he also served the diocese as Bishop Administrator (presumably in 1996 between the retirement of John Lewis and the arrival of Clyde Wood.)
[4] He remained Chaplain until 2001,[1] when he became Provost of Hope Park and Director of Student Services[5] until 2005[1] (when the institutions gained full university status as Liverpool Hope University); from then until his January 2011 retirement, he served as an Assistant/Pro-Vice Chancellor — Student Support & Well-being.