Most Rev Philip Freier
Most. Rev. Philip Freier
Most. Rev. Philip Freier
Archbishop Philip Freier, co-chair of ARCIC III, at the dialogue meeting in Larnaca, Cyprus
Archbishop Philip Freier, co-chair of ARCIC III, at the dialogue meeting in Larnaca, Cyprus. Photo credit: Neil Vigers ~ 11 May 2023
Dr Kristin Colberg, member of ARCIC III, and Archbishop Philip Freier, co-chair, at the dialogue meeting in Larnaca, Cyprus
Dr Kristin Colberg, member of ARCIC III, and Archbishop Philip Freier, co-chair, at the dialogue meeting in Larnaca, Cyprus. Photo credit: Neil Vigers ~ 11 May 2023
Archbishop Philip Freier, co-chair of ARCIC III, celebrated a Sung Eucharist with the members of the dialogue at St Paul Anglican Cathedral in Nicosia, Cyprus
Archbishop Philip Freier, co-chair of ARCIC III, celebrated a Sung Eucharist with the members of the dialogue at St Paul Anglican Cathedral in Nicosia, Cyprus. Photo credit: Martin Browne ~ 14 May 2023
Archbishop Philip Freier, co-chair of ARCIC III, offers the benediction at a Sung Eucharist with the members of the dialogue at St Paul Anglican Cathedral in Nicosia, Cyprus
Archbishop Philip Freier, co-chair of ARCIC III, offers the benediction at a Sung Eucharist with the members of the dialogue at St Paul Anglican Cathedral in Nicosia, Cyprus. Photo credit: Martin Browne ~ 14 May 2023

ARCIC-III (Member, 2018-) and ARCIC-III (Co-Chair, 2018-)

The Most Reverend Dr Philip Freier is Archbishop of Melbourne and Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia. He grew up in a working class suburb of Brisbane, and trained as a teacher. He experienced a powerful conversion to Christ while working with indigenous Christians in North Queensland – where he also met his wife, Joy, and decided to seek ordination. He was ordained a priest in 1984 and a bishop in 1999. Archbishop Freier has been Archbishop of Melbourne since December 2006, and Primate since July 2014. In 2000 he completed a PhD at James Cook University with a thesis on ‘Living with the Munpitch: The History of Mitchell River Mission, 1905-1967’.