Special Session of the 39th Synod - Election of Archbishop Robinson

        The Synod Service was held in the Cathedral Church of St. Andrew, Sydney, at 3 pm on Friday 26 March 1982 with a service of Holy Communion at which the preacher was Bishop R C Kerle, a former Bishop of Armidale and presently Minister of the Parish of St Swithun, Pymble.


        Following the Service in the Cathedral, the Special Session of the 39th Synod assembled in the Pitt Street Uniting Church at 4.45 pm under the Presidency of Bishop A J Dain OBE, Administrator of the Diocese of Sydney. The Synod had an afternoon and evening sitting on 26 March 1982 and evening sittings on 29, 30, 31 March and 1 April 1982.