Background
Browning was born in Brighton, England.
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George Browning
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Education
He attended Ardingly College and Lewes County Grammar School before moving to Australia in 1960. After working as a jackaroo and stud groom he studied at Street John"s Theological College, Morpeth, in New South Wales, where he obtained a Licentiate in Theology with first class honours.
Career
He was elected on 31 January 1993 and installed on 30 May 1993. His family were dairy farmers in Sussex. He was ordained deacon in 1966 and priest in 1967.
He became assistant priest in Inverell in 1966.
Assistant priest at Street Peter"s Cathedral, Armidale, in 1968, and Vicar of Warialda in 1969. In 1973 he became Vice-Principal of Street John"s Theological College, Morpeth, and then Principal in 1974.
In 1976 he became Rector of Singleton. He was appointed Archdeacon of the Upper Hunter in 1982.
In 1984 he became Rector of Woy Woy and Archdeacon of the Central Coast of New South Wales.
He was consecrated as a bishop on 21 September 1985 and served as Bishop of the Northern Region in the Diocese of Brisbane until 1992 when he became responsible for the Coastal Region. From 1988 to 1991 he was also Principal of Street Francis" Theological College, Milton, Queensland. In 2007 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by Charles Sturt University.
Browning was elected Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn on 31 January, installed on 30 May 1993 and retired on 2 February 2008.
In May 2008 the Bishop of Salisbury, England, licensed him as priest in charge of the Wriggle Valley benefice in the county of Dorset where he remained for a year.
