Gordon Begbie

Herbert Gordon Smirnoff Begbie was an Assistant [bishops in the Diocese of Sydney|assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Sydney].
Begbie was born into an ecclesiastical family and educated at Trinity [Grammar School (New South Wales)|Trinity Grammar School, Sydney], the University of Sydney and Moore Theological College. He was ordained in 1929 and was a curate in Eastwood, [New South Wales|Eastwood] and Hobart. After this he held incumbencies in Narrabeen, Moss [Vale, New South Wales|Moss Vale] and Campsie. Later he was Archdeacon of Camden, Wollongong and then Cumberland [County, New South Wales|Cumberland]. He was the diocese's registrar from 1960 and its Western Region bishop from 1967.