Genieve Blackwell | |
|---|---|
| Assistant bishop (Marmingatha Episcopate), Anglican Diocese of Melbourne | |
 Genieve Blackwell preaching the sermon at the consecration of Vanessa Bennett as Bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Canberra-Goulburn | |
| Church | Anglican Church of Australia |
| Diocese | Melbourne |
| Installed | 19 June 2015[1] |
| Other post(s) | Assistant bishop,Canberra and Goulburn, (2012–2015) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1993 (deacon) 1998 (priest)[2] |
| Consecration | 31 March 2012[3] by Brian Farran[4] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1962 (age 62–63) |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | John Silversides[1] |
| Children | 2[1] |
| Alma mater | Moore Theological College[4] |
Genieve Mary Blackwell (born 1962) is an Australian Anglican bishop who has served as an assistant bishop in theDiocese of Melbourne since June 2015, and previously served as an assistant bishop in theDiocese of Canberra and Goulburn from 2012 to 2015. She was the first woman to be consecrated as a bishop in the state ofNew South Wales and the third inAustralia.
Blackwell is the daughter of aMethodist minister. She was born inWestern Australia and her family subsequently moved to the Wagga Wagga district inNew South Wales. She is married to John Silversides, a retired prison chaplain,[1] and has two adult children.
After attending theUniversity of Sydney, where she became an Anglican, Blackwell studied atMoore Theological College from 1989 to 1992. She was ordaineddeacon in theDiocese of Sydney in 1993 and was subsequently ordainedpriest in theDiocese of Bathurst in 1998[2] where she ministered in the parishes ofGulgong andGrenfell. She moved toYass in theDiocese of Canberra and Goulburn in 2005. From 2007 to the time of her appointment as bishop she wasArchdeacon for Rural Ministry with the particular responsibility of ministering to clergy in the mainly rural diocese during a long period ofdrought.[3]
On 3 December 2011 her appointment as an assistant bishop in theDiocese of Canberra and Goulburn was announced.[5] She was consecrated on 31 March 2012 and commissioned as Regional Bishop ofWagga Wagga at a service held atSt Saviour's Cathedral, Goulburn.[3][4][6][7][8] Blackwell was consecrated by the Bishop of Newcastle,Brian Farran, as the thenArchbishop of Sydney,Peter Jensen, was opposed to theordination of women as priests and bishops.[9][10] Blackwell was also appointed as the rector of the parish ofTurvey Park, a suburb of Wagga Wagga.
On 19 December 2014 it was announced that Blackwell had been appointed an assistant bishop in theDiocese of Melbourne.[11] She was commissioned on 19 June 2015 as assistant bishop with responsibility for parishes in the city and eastern suburbs,[11] now called the Marmingatha episcopate.[12]
