Sophie Relf-Christopher


Sophie Relf-Christopher
Bishop Sophie Relf-Christopher
ChurchAnglican Church of Australia
DioceseAdelaide
Installed15 August 2024
Orders
Ordination2010 (as deacon)
2011 (as priest )
Consecration15 August 2024
by Geoffrey Smith
Personal details
Born
NationalityAustralian
DenominationAnglican
SpousePaul
Children2

Sophie Relf-Christopher is an Australian bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia. She has been an assistant bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide since August 2024. She is the second woman Anglican Bishop in Adelaide, after Denise Ferguson, who retired in 2024. She was installed as bishop on 15 August 2024, the feast of Mary, mother of our Lord, at St Peter's Cathedral, Adelaide.

Prior to becoming bishop, she was the parish priest of St Jude's Church in Brighton, and Archdeacon of Sturt. She was previously assistant curate at St Peter's Church in Glenelg, before becoming parish priest of Broadview (St Philip's) and Enfield (St Clement's) from 2012 until 2016.