George Austin (priest)


George Bernard Austin was a British Anglican priest, broadcaster and author. He was Archdeacon of York from 1988 to 1999.
Austin was educated at St David's College, Lampeter and Chichester Theological College. He was ordained Deacon in 1955, and Priest in 1956. After curacies in Chorley and Notting Dale he was at Dunstable Priory from 1961 to 1964. After that he held incumbencies at Eaton Bray, and Bushey Heath.
A contributor to BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day programme, he was a prominent opponent of the ordination of women in the Anglican Communion.