[2] Lewers grew up in the Sutherland Shire and originally worked in banking.
[5] After his ordination, he served a curacy in the late 1980s at Liverpool, and then moved to the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn for 11 years, eventually serving as Rector of St Matthew's, Wanniassa.
[1] Lewers then returned to the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, working for the Diocese's Department of Evangelism and then serving as the rector of Engadine Anglican Church, a position which he held until his election as bishop.
[1] He consecrated bishop in St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney on 25 May 2012 by Archbishop of Sydney Peter Jensen,[3] and installed as Bishop of Armidale in St Peter's Cathedral, Armidale on 29 May 2012.
[1] As Bishop, Lewers wrote a column in the local news, the Armidale Express, called "Faith Matters".