Roger Bush

Reverend Roger Bush OBE (1918 - 2000) was a British-born Australian Methodist minister and media personality.

Early life

Bush was born in England and his family migrated to Sydney, Australia the following year. He was the oldest of a family of four and had two brothers and a sister.

Family and BHP

He met his wife, Glenyce, in Norfolk whilst serving with the RAAF during World War II. After the war, they returned to Sydney and had two children, Peter and Lesley. Bush was employed by BHP at Wollongong before being ordained as a minister.

Methodist Minister

He became an early talkback radio minister on Connections, a three-hour talkback program he devised and hosted on 2CH. Bush wrote a column for the Sydney Sun newspaper for 12 years. From the opening of the Sydney Opera House in 1973 he was responsible for the Christmas program of celebrations.

Retirement

In 1989, Bush retired to Port Macquarie, New South Wales.

Honours

Roger Bush (priest)

Roger Charles Bush is an Anglican priest who is the present Dean of Truro.

He was born on 22 November 1956 and educated at King's College London, Leeds University and the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield. He was ordained in 1987 and was a curate at Newbold, Derbyshire before becoming a Team Vicar of the Parish of the Resurrection, Leicester and then Rector of Redruth, Cornwall. He was a residentiary canon at Truro Cathedral from 2004 to 2006 when he became Archdeacon of Cornwall.

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