He was ordained a priest in the
Church of England in 1973 and served first as a curate at St John's
Earlsfield,
London. He was then the assistant chaplain in
Oslo,
Norway, and then a mission priest at Nambaiyfa in the highlands of
Papua New Guinea before becoming the principal of
Newton Theological College,
Popondetta, and then the dean of St John's Cathedral,
Port Moresby. He was the Bishop of Aipo Rongo in the
Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea from 1987 to 1995 when he was translated to the
Diocese of Wangaratta in the
Anglican Church of Australia. From 1998 to 16 January 2010 he was the
Assistant Bishop of Newcastle in the Church of England. ==Roman Catholic ministry==