Ian Palmer

Ian Stanley Palmer (born 1950) is an Australian bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia, who served as Bishop of Bathurst from 2013 until 2019. Palmer was born in the United Kingdom. He studied theology at King's College, London, in 1971, and a post-graduate diploma at Durham University four years later. He was ordained deacon in 1975 and priest in 1976. After ordination, Palmer served in parish ministry at St Michael's Church, Huyton (1975-78) and Collierley (1983-90) and university chaplaincy at the University of Durham (1978-83) prior to moving to Australia to take up a position as Director of Evangelism in the Diocese of Newcastle in 1990. In 1993, Palmer returned to parish ministry in the Newcastle suburb of Belmont and subsequently at Muswellbrook. Prior to being appointed as bishop, his most recent appointment was at Christ Church, Queanbeyan in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn in 2005. During his time in Queanbeyan he also served as Archdeacon of South Canberra and as Archdeacon of Chaplaincies. Palmer was installed as the 10th Bishop of Bathurst on 9 February 2013.