Peter Watson (bishop)
Peter R. Watson is an Australian retired Anglican bishop. He was the archbishop of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne from 2000 to 2005.
Watson was born in Sydney in 1936. He attended Canterbury Boys' High School. He was ordained as a priest in Sydney in 1962 and consecrated as the Bishop of Parramatta in 1989 and became Bishop of South Sydney in 1993. In 2000 he was elected to succeed Keith Rayner as Archbishop of Melbourne and was installed on 14 May 2000. He retired as archbishop effective 31 December 2005. He is married to Margo Watson.
