Peter John Hollingworth, AC, OBE (born 10 April 1935) is an Australian retired Anglican bishop.

[3] Hollingworth was conscripted for national service in 1953 and, after basic training at the Royal Australian Air Force base at Point Cook, he began working in the chaplain's office and discerned a vocation to ordained ministry.

[citation needed] On 6 February 1960, Hollingworth married Kathleen Ann Turner, an obstetric physiotherapist, whom he had met while on National Service.

He completed a master's degree in social work and in 1980 was appointed executive director of the Brotherhood of St Laurence,[5] where he served for 25 years and was involved in other associated community and welfare bodies.

As a public advocate on welfare policy he argued that "poverty should be looked at in terms of the structure of society rather than the individual case.

[7] In 1989, Hollingworth was elected the 8th Archbishop of Brisbane, where he continued his advocacy for the poor and underprivileged and supported the ordination of women.

He was the first Christian cleric to hold the post, though precedent existed at a state level where Aboriginal pastor Sir Doug Nicholls and Uniting Church minister Sir Keith Seaman had served as Governor of South Australia and Davis McCaughey had served as Governor of Victoria.

[6] Hetty Johnston, an advocate for child sex abuse victims, instigated a campaign calling for Hollingworth to resign.

Hollingworth told the Australian media that, as a newly appointed archbishop at the time, he lacked the experience to handle the matter.

Hollingworth stepped down from his positions as the Brisbane Lions' No 1 ticket holder, patron of Barnardo's, Kids First Foundation and the National Association for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.

[16] There was a case to defrock Hollingworth[17] (through the Anglican church's complaints process[18]) over allowing an "incurable" pedophile to remain in his position for 5 years after becoming aware of his abuse of children.

[22] In 2001 he was awarded the Centenary Medal[23] and later the same year was promoted to companion of the Order of Australia (AC)[24] upon his appointment as Governor-General taking effect.