Jean Skuse


Jean Enid Skuse is an Australian Christian church official.

Life

Jean Skuse grew up in New South Wales, the daughter of a Methodist minister. She was international secretary of the World Conference of Methodist Women and a member of the executive of the World Methodist Council. In 1971 she was appointed executive secretary of the New South Wales Council of Churches, and from 1976 to 1988 was the first woman to serve as General Secretary of the Australian Council of Churches. She was also Vice-Moderator of the Central Committee on the World Council of Churches from 1975 to 1983 and National Co-ordinator of the World Council of Churches Assembly.
Skuse was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in June 1979 and in the 1992 Australia Day Honours was elevated to an Officer of the Order of Australia for "service to religion, particularly through the World Council of Churches, and to women's affairs".
Some papers are held at the National Library of Australia.

Works