Diocese of Brisbane - Philip Nigel Warrington Strong

Philip Nigel Warrington Strong, CMG KBE

5th Archbishop of Brisbane (1963 - 1970)
sometime Primate of Australia

1963-1964	Appointed to Board of Social Responsibility
	Appointed to Diocesan Committee on Evangelism
	Purchased Farsley, Hamilton as new Bishopsbourne - sale of old Bishopsbourne to St Francis' College
1963	Attended Anglican Congress in Toronto, Canada
1964	Death of Bishop H Dixon
1965	Synod accepts quote for extension of two bays of Cathedral
	Visit of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury
	Arrival in Brisbane of Franciscan Friars
1966	Strong appointed Primate - presided over General Synod
	Stone laid by Governor Sir Henry Abel Smith in Cathedral extensions to commemorate his service as Governor - Casket containing historical documents and contemporary coinage set behind stone
	Visited Jerusalem and Holy Land for meeting of Lambeth Consultative Body
	War in Vietnam
1967	Referendum passed giving franchise to Aboriginals
	Death of Prime Minister Holt - Strong presided at Remembrance service
1968	Attended Lambeth and Uppsala conferences
	Awarded Lambeth Doctor of Divinity
	Diocese of Northern Territory incorporated
	Visit by Duke of Edinburgh
	Cathedral extensions consecrated (22 November)
1969	Strong reached retirement age of 70 (11 July) - asked to stay on until 30 June 1970
	Awarded KBE
	Pastoral visit to Australian Forces in Vietnam
During the episcopates of Halse and Strong, Bishop Wilfred John Hudson, Coadjutor Bishop of Brisbane, was right-hand man to both Archbishops. He acted in many capacities beyond those of his coadjutorship. He was sometime Administrator, Head of the Bush Brotherhood, Archdeacon of the West, etc.