Career
Hepworth began his seminary studies in 1960 at Street Francis Xavier Seminary in Adelaide. In 1972 he moved to Britain. From 1976 to 1977 he had permission to officiate in the Anglican Diocese of Ballarat.
From 1977 to 1978 he was the assistant priest in the Colac parish and, from 1978 to 1980, was the rector of the South Ballarat parish based in Sebastopol.
Hepworth served as an assistant bishop until April 1998 when Bishop Friend (who had succeeded Haley as diocesan) resigned. From then until November 1999, Hepworth acted as bishop administrator.
At the National Synod of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants held 25–29 November 1999 he was elected as the new diocesan bishop. However, in March 2012, this was rejected by a meeting of TAC bishops who also voted to accept Hepworth"s already announced resignation as primate with immediate effect.
Hepworth has a degree in political science and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Adelaide in 1982 with a thesis about Catholic Action entitled "The Movement Revisited: A South Australian Perspective".
Foreign five years he was a lecturer in politics at the Northern Territory University before becoming co-ordinator of international studies at the University of South Australia. He formerly chaired the Australia-Vietnam Human Rights Committee in South Australia. Hepworth is heard regularly on Adelaide"s 5AA radio station where he acts as a political commentator on the conservative Leon Byner Show.
He has been married twice and has three children.