Jeremy Greaves

Early life and ordained ministry Greaves comes from a family of clergymen. One of his great-grandfathers, Arthur Nutter Thomas, was Bishop of Adelaide from 1906 to 1940, and one of his grandfathers, Walter Baddeley, was Bishop of Melanesia, based in the Solomon Islands, during World War II.

Greaves was born in the UK and came to Australia with his parents as a two year old. He grew up in a family that attended an Anglican church in Adelaide, but he left the church in his teens, considering he "was bored and unsure that [he] believed much beyond the idea that [he] was loved and loveable". He later returned to the church, knowing he would feel welcomed again.

Greaves was ordained deacon in 1997 and priest in 1998. Following his ordination he served in a number of roles including in Ceduna in South Australia and Katherine in the Northern Territory, as Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Darwin from 2007 to 2013,

Views

Greaves has described himself as a "progressive" Christian who "live on the edge of the church". In 2010, he told ABC Radio National that he would be "happy to abandon" the Apostles' Creed.

Personal life

Greaves is married to Josie and has three children.