Background
Driver grew up in the New South Wales country town of Cowra.
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Jeffrey Driver
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His theological education was undertaken through the Australian College of Theology. After a short career as a newspaper journalist he was ordained in 1977 and began his career as an assistant curate in Bathurst. He held incumbencies at Mid-Richmond and Jamison and was later Archdeacon of Young, New South Wales and also Rector of the parish of Street Paul"s Manuka in Canberra.
Driver was Executive Director of Street Mark"s National Theological Centre in Canberra for a time, and founding Head of Charles Sturt University"s School of Theology.
In 2001, Driver was consecrated and appointed Bishop of Gippsland in eastern Victoria, a position he held until his translation to Adelaide in 2005. Driver holds a Doctor of Philosophy from Charles Sturt University, Master of Theology. from the Sydney College of Divinity, as well as Scholar and Licentiate in Theology from the Australian College of Theology.
He attended the Global South Fourth Encounter that took place in Singapore, on 19-13 April 2010.
