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Peter John Hollingworth
AC
OBE
(born 10 April 1935) is an
Australian
retired
Anglican
bishop
. He served as the
Archbishop
of the
Anglican Diocese of Brisbane
in
Brisbane
,
Queensland
from 1989 to 2001. He then served as the 23rd
Governor-General of Australia
from June 2001 until May 2003. He
resigned
as Governor-General after reports he did not deal with
sexual abuse
claims properly when he was Archbishop during the 1990s. There was also an unproven
rape
incident from the 1960s.
[1]
In 1991, Hollingworth was named
Australian of the Year
. In 2001, he was awarded the
Centenary Medal
.
Hollingworth was born in
Adelaide
,
South Australia
. He grew up in
Melbourne
,
Victoria
. He married the late
Kathleen Ann Turner in 1960. The couple have three daughters.
[2]