Education
Wood was educated at Monash University and ordained in 1965.
Wood was educated at Monash University and ordained in 1965.
His first ordained ministry position was as a curate of Street John's Bentleigh. From 1966 he was curate-in-charge of Street Paul’s Ringwood. He then held positions at Street Philip’s Mount Waverley and Street Christopher"s Armadale, all parishes in Melbourne.
In 1978 he became Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Darwin, and in 1983 he became the second Bishop of the Northern Territory, a position he held until 1992.
Foreign four years he was an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Brisbane and in 1996 he was elected diocesan Bishop of North Queensland. He retired in 2002.